#BAA241#BAA241

#BAA241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA241
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -2.49, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 52.14, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0109 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.119 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1257, 36.6631, 10.2792)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA241 #4159BA

analogous

#BA6641 #BAA241 #96BA41

triadic

#BAA241 #41BAA2 #A241BA

tetradic

#BAA241 #41BA66 #4159BA #BA4196

square

#BAA241 #41BA66 #4159BA #BA4196

split-complementary

#BAA241 #4196BA #6641BA

monochromatic

#5F5321 #8D7B31 #BAA241 #CCB96C #DCCF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BAA241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BAA241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA241

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA241	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd7a',
    500: '#baa241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa241;
$custom-light: #d2bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71492,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA241

secondary

#8F9AC8

accent

#6BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA241

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

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