#BAA238#BAA238

#BAA238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA238
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -3.01, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 55.93, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0135 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.126 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8855, 36.5670, 9.0139)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA238 #3850BA

analogous

#BA6138 #BAA238 #91BA38

triadic

#BAA238 #38BAA2 #A238BA

tetradic

#BAA238 #38BA61 #3850BA #BA3891

square

#BAA238 #38BA61 #3850BA #BA3891

split-complementary

#BAA238 #3891BA #6138BA

monochromatic

#5C501C #8B792A #BAA238 #CFBB60 #DDCF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#BAA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA238

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA238	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#baa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa238;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA238

secondary

#8692C8

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA238

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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