#BAA442#BAA442

#BAA442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.120 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA442
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -3.49, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 52.33, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0137 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.12 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5101, 37.3850, 10.5515)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA442 #4258BA

analogous

#BA6842 #BAA442 #94BA42

triadic

#BAA442 #42BAA4 #A442BA

tetradic

#BAA442 #42BA68 #4258BA #BA4294

square

#BAA442 #42BA68 #4258BA #BA4294

split-complementary

#BAA442 #4294BA #6842BA

monochromatic

#605422 #8D7C32 #BAA442 #CBBA6E #DBD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BAA442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#BAA442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA442

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA442	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.120 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2be7b',
    500: '#baa442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa442;
$custom-light: #d2be7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71923,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA442

secondary

#909AC8

accent

#69D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA442

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

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