#BAA438#BAA438

#BAA438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA438
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -4.08, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 56.54, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0165 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.127 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2406, 37.2773, 9.1323)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA438 #384EBA

analogous

#BA6338 #BAA438 #8FBA38

triadic

#BAA438 #38BAA4 #A438BA

tetradic

#BAA438 #38BA63 #384EBA #BA388F

square

#BAA438 #38BA63 #384EBA #BA388F

split-complementary

#BAA438 #388FBA #6338BA

monochromatic

#5C511C #8B7B2A #BAA438 #CFBC60 #DDD08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BAA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA438

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA438	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be75',
    500: '#baa438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa438;
$custom-light: #d2be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71834,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA438

secondary

#8691C8

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA438

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

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