#BAA440#BAA440

#BAA440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA440
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -3.62, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 53.20, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0143 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4521, 37.3619, 10.2463)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA440 #4056BA

analogous

#BA6740 #BAA440 #93BA40

triadic

#BAA440 #40BAA4 #A440BA

tetradic

#BAA440 #40BA67 #4056BA #BA4093

square

#BAA440 #40BA67 #4056BA #BA4093

split-complementary

#BAA440 #4093BA #6740BA

monochromatic

#5F5421 #8C7C30 #BAA440 #CCBB6B #DCD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#BAA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA440

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA440	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be7a',
    500: '#baa440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa440;
$custom-light: #d2be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71904,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA440

secondary

#8E99C8

accent

#68D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA440

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

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