#BAA43B#BAA43B

#BAA43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA43B
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -3.91, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 55.32, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0157 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3162, 37.3075, 9.5303)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA43B #3B51BA

analogous

#BA643B #BAA43B #91BA3B

triadic

#BAA43B #3BBAA4 #A43BBA

tetradic

#BAA43B #3BBA64 #3B51BA #BA3B91

square

#BAA43B #3BBA64 #3B51BA #BA3B91

split-complementary

#BAA43B #3B91BA #643BBA

monochromatic

#5D521E #8C7B2C #BAA43B #CEBC64 #DDD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BAA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA43B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA43B	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)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be77',
    500: '#baa43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa43b;
$custom-light: #d2be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.606,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA43B

secondary

#8994C8

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA43B

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

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