#BAA242#BAA242

#BAA242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA242
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -2.42, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 51.70, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0106 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.118 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1550, 36.6748, 10.4331)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA242 #425ABA

analogous

#BA6642 #BAA242 #96BA42

triadic

#BAA242 #42BAA2 #A242BA

tetradic

#BAA242 #42BA66 #425ABA #BA4296

square

#BAA242 #42BA66 #425ABA #BA4296

split-complementary

#BAA242 #4296BA #6642BA

monochromatic

#605322 #8D7B32 #BAA242 #CBB96E #DBCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BAA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#BAA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA242

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA242	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)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd7b',
    500: '#baa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa242;
$custom-light: #d2bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA242

secondary

#909BC8

accent

#6CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA242

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

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