#BAA23B#BAA23B

#BAA23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.123 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA23B
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -2.85, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 54.70, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0127 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.123 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9611, 36.5973, 9.4120)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA23B #3B53BA

analogous

#BA623B #BAA23B #93BA3B

triadic

#BAA23B #3BBAA2 #A23BBA

tetradic

#BAA23B #3BBA62 #3B53BA #BA3B93

square

#BAA23B #3BBA62 #3B53BA #BA3B93

split-complementary

#BAA23B #3B93BA #623BBA

monochromatic

#5D511E #8C7A2C #BAA23B #CEBA64 #DDCF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BAA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#BAA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA23B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA23B	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)

#B29F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.123 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd76',
    500: '#baa23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa23b;
$custom-light: #d2bd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA23B

secondary

#8995C8

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA23B

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

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