#BAA340#BAA340

#BAA340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA340
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.08, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 52.88, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0128 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.12 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2739, 37.0054, 10.1869)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA340 #4057BA

analogous

#BA6640 #BAA340 #94BA40

triadic

#BAA340 #40BAA3 #A340BA

tetradic

#BAA340 #40BA66 #4057BA #BA4094

square

#BAA340 #40BA66 #4057BA #BA4094

split-complementary

#BAA340 #4094BA #6640BA

monochromatic

#5F5321 #8C7B30 #BAA340 #CCBA6B #DCCF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BAA340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#BAA340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA340

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA340	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bd79',
    500: '#baa340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa340;
$custom-light: #d2bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71693,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA340

secondary

#8E99C8

accent

#69D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA340

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

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