#BAA462#BAA462

#BAA462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.089 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA462
RGB	rgb(186, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -0.90, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 37.06, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0025 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.089 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7309, 37.8734, 16.9811)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA462 #6278BA

analogous

#BA7862 #BAA462 #A4BA62

triadic

#BAA462 #62BAA4 #A462BA

tetradic

#BAA462 #62BA78 #6278BA #BA62A4

square

#BAA462 #62BA78 #6278BA #BA62A4

split-complementary

#BAA462 #62A4BA #7862BA

monochromatic

#706131 #9B8544 #BAA462 #CDBD8D #DFD5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BAA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BAA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA462

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA462	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.089 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0be90',
    500: '#baa462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa462;
$custom-light: #d0be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 38.938,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA462

secondary

#AAB3CE

accent

#76CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA462

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

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