#BAA239#BAA239

#BAA239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.125 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA239
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -2.96, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 55.53, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0132 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.125 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9102, 36.5769, 9.1440)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA239 #3951BA

analogous

#BA6139 #BAA239 #92BA39

triadic

#BAA239 #39BAA2 #A239BA

tetradic

#BAA239 #39BA61 #3951BA #BA3992

square

#BAA239 #39BA61 #3951BA #BA3992

split-complementary

#BAA239 #3992BA #6139BA

monochromatic

#5C501C #8B792B #BAA239 #CFBA61 #DDCF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#BAA239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BAA239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA239

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA239	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.125 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#baa239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa239;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7142,
    "c": 0.12491,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA239

secondary

#8793C8

accent

#66DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA239

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

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