#BAA23A#BAA23A

#BAA23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.124 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA23A
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -2.90, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 55.12, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0129 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.124 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.9354, 36.5870, 9.2767)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA23A #3A52BA

analogous

#BA623A #BAA23A #92BA3A

triadic

#BAA23A #3ABAA2 #A23ABA

tetradic

#BAA23A #3ABA62 #3A52BA #BA3A92

square

#BAA23A #3ABA62 #3A52BA #BA3A92

split-complementary

#BAA23A #3A92BA #623ABA

monochromatic

#5D511D #8B792B #BAA23A #CEBA63 #DDCF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BAA23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BAA23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA23A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA23A	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B29F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.124 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd76',
    500: '#baa23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa23a;
$custom-light: #d2bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71428,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.36585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA23A

secondary

#8894C8

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA23A

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

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