#BAA342#BAA342

#BAA342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.119 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA342
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -2.96, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 52.01, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0122 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.119 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3318, 37.0285, 10.4921)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA342 #4259BA

analogous

#BA6742 #BAA342 #95BA42

triadic

#BAA342 #42BAA3 #A342BA

tetradic

#BAA342 #42BA67 #4259BA #BA4295

square

#BAA342 #42BA67 #4259BA #BA4295

split-complementary

#BAA342 #4295BA #6742BA

monochromatic

#605422 #8D7B32 #BAA342 #CBB96E #DBCF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#BAA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#BAA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA342

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA342	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.119 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be7b',
    500: '#baa342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa342;
$custom-light: #d2be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71712,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA342

secondary

#909BC8

accent

#6AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA342

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

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