#BAA451#BAA451

#BAA451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.107 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA451
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -2.41, 45.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 45.43, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0088 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.107 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0117, 37.5857, 13.1936)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA451 #5167BA

analogous

#BA7051 #BAA451 #9BBA51

triadic

#BAA451 #51BAA4 #A451BA

tetradic

#BAA451 #51BA70 #5167BA #BA519B

square

#BAA451 #51BA70 #5167BA #BA519B

split-complementary

#BAA451 #519BBA #7051BA

monochromatic

#685A29 #93813A #BAA451 #CBBB7D #DDD2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BAA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BAA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA451

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA451	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.107 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1be84',
    500: '#baa451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa451;
$custom-light: #d1be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72089,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA451

secondary

#9DA6CA

accent

#6FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA451

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

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