#BAA255#BAA255

#BAA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA255
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -1.01, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 42.84, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0042 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8111, 36.9373, 13.8885)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA255 #556DBA

analogous

#BA7055 #BAA255 #9FBA55

triadic

#BAA255 #55BAA2 #A255BA

tetradic

#BAA255 #55BA70 #556DBA #BA559F

square

#BAA255 #55BA70 #556DBA #BA559F

split-complementary

#BAA255 #559FBA #7055BA

monochromatic

#6A5B2B #95803D #BAA255 #CCBA81 #DDD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BAA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BAA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA255

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA255	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd87',
    500: '#baa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa255;
$custom-light: #d1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA255

secondary

#A0AACB

accent

#73D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA255

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

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