#BAA356#BAA356

#BAA356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA356
RGB	rgb(186, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -1.47, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 42.68, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0054 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.101 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0279, 37.3070, 14.1582)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA356 #566DBA

analogous

#BA7156 #BAA356 #9FBA56

triadic

#BAA356 #56BAA3 #A356BA

tetradic

#BAA356 #56BA71 #566DBA #BA569F

square

#BAA356 #56BA71 #566DBA #BA569F

split-complementary

#BAA356 #569FBA #7156BA

monochromatic

#6A5C2B #96813D #BAA356 #CCBB81 #DDD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BAA356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA356

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA356	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be87',
    500: '#baa356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa356;
$custom-light: #d1be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.2,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71944,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA356

secondary

#A0AACB

accent

#72D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA356

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

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