#BAA337#BAA337

#BAA337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA337
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -3.60, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 56.64, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0153 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0381, 36.9111, 8.9453)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA337 #374EBA

analogous

#BA6237 #BAA337 #8FBA37

triadic

#BAA337 #37BAA3 #A337BA

tetradic

#BAA337 #37BA62 #374EBA #BA378F

square

#BAA337 #37BA62 #374EBA #BA378F

split-complementary

#BAA337 #378FBA #6237BA

monochromatic

#5C501B #8B7A29 #BAA337 #D0BC5F #DED08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#BAA337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BAA337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA337

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA337	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd74',
    500: '#baa337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa337;
$custom-light: #d2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71614,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA337

secondary

#8591C8

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA337

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

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