#BAA249#BAA249

#BAA249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA249
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -1.95, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 48.54, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0084 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.112 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3741, 36.7625, 11.5873)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA249 #4961BA

analogous

#BA6949 #BAA249 #99BA49

triadic

#BAA249 #49BAA2 #A249BA

tetradic

#BAA249 #49BA69 #4961BA #BA4999

square

#BAA249 #49BA69 #4961BA #BA4999

split-complementary

#BAA249 #4999BA #6949BA

monochromatic

#635626 #8F7D36 #BAA249 #CBB975 #DCCFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BAA249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#BAA249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA249

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA249	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd7f',
    500: '#baa249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa249;
$custom-light: #d2bd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.257,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71575,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA249

secondary

#96A1C8

accent

#6FD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA249

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

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