#BAA256#BAA256

#BAA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA256
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -0.93, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 42.35, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0039 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.1 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8511, 36.9533, 14.0993)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA256 #566EBA

analogous

#BA7056 #BAA256 #A0BA56

triadic

#BAA256 #56BAA2 #A256BA

tetradic

#BAA256 #56BA70 #566EBA #BA56A0

square

#BAA256 #56BA70 #566EBA #BA56A0

split-complementary

#BAA256 #56A0BA #7056BA

monochromatic

#6A5B2B #96803D #BAA256 #CCBA81 #DDD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#BAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA256

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA256	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)

#B0A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bd87',
    500: '#baa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa256;
$custom-light: #d1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71735,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA256

secondary

#A0ABCB

accent

#74D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA256

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

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