#BAA437#BAA437

#BAA437 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	#BAA437
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -4.13, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 56.94, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0168 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2164, 37.2676, 9.0048)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA437 #374DBA

analogous

#BA6337 #BAA437 #8EBA37

triadic

#BAA437 #37BAA4 #A437BA

tetradic

#BAA437 #37BA63 #374DBA #BA378E

square

#BAA437 #37BA63 #374DBA #BA378E

split-complementary

#BAA437 #378EBA #6337BA

monochromatic

#5C511B #8B7A29 #BAA437 #D0BD5F #DED08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BAA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA437

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA437	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be74',
    500: '#baa437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa437;
$custom-light: #d2be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA437

secondary

#8590C8

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA437

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

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