#BAA436#BAA436

#BAA436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA436
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -4.18, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 57.34, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0171 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1927, 37.2581, 8.8798)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA436 #364CBA

analogous

#BA6236 #BAA436 #8EBA36

triadic

#BAA436 #36BAA4 #A436BA

tetradic

#BAA436 #36BA62 #364CBA #BA368E

square

#BAA436 #36BA62 #364CBA #BA368E

split-complementary

#BAA436 #368EBA #6236BA

monochromatic

#5B501A #8B7A28 #BAA436 #D0BD5D #DED08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BAA436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA436

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA436	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be74',
    500: '#baa436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa436;
$custom-light: #d2be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA436

secondary

#848FC8

accent

#62DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA436

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

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