#BAA52D#BAA52D

#BAA52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.135 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA52D
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -5.13, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 60.98, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0207 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.135 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1802, 37.5405, 7.9278)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA52D #2D42BA

analogous

#BA5F2D #BAA52D #88BA2D

triadic

#BAA52D #2DBAA5 #A52DBA

tetradic

#BAA52D #2DBA5F #2D42BA #BA2D88

square

#BAA52D #2DBA5F #2D42BA #BA2D88

split-complementary

#BAA52D #2D88BA #5F2DBA

monochromatic

#574E15 #897921 #BAA52D #D5C150 #E0D281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BAA52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BAA52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA52D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA52D	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.135 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf6f',
    500: '#baa52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa52d;
$custom-light: #d3bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71966,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA52D

secondary

#7985C9

accent

#5CE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA52D

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

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