#BAA42C#BAA42C

#BAA42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.135 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA42C
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -4.64, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 61.03, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0194 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.135 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9815, 37.1736, 7.7677)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA42C #2C42BA

analogous

#BA5D2C #BAA42C #89BA2C

triadic

#BAA42C #2CBAA4 #A42CBA

tetradic

#BAA42C #2CBA5D #2C42BA #BA2C89

square

#BAA42C #2CBA5D #2C42BA #BA2C89

split-complementary

#BAA42C #2C89BA #5D2CBA

monochromatic

#574D15 #897820 #BAA42C #D5C04E #E1D280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BAA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BAA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA42C

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA42C	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.135 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3be6f',
    500: '#baa42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa42c;
$custom-light: #d3be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA42C

secondary

#7885CA

accent

#5CE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA42C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →