#BAA338#BAA338

#BAA338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA338
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -3.54, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 56.23, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.015 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0623, 36.9207, 9.0729)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA338 #384FBA

analogous

#BA6238 #BAA338 #90BA38

triadic

#BAA338 #38BAA3 #A338BA

tetradic

#BAA338 #38BA62 #384FBA #BA3890

square

#BAA338 #38BA62 #384FBA #BA3890

split-complementary

#BAA338 #3890BA #6238BA

monochromatic

#5C511C #8B7A2A #BAA338 #CFBB60 #DDCF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BAA338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#BAA338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA338

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA338	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	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)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd75',
    500: '#baa338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa338;
$custom-light: #d2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71622,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA338

secondary

#8691C8

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA338

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

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