#BAA531#BAA531

#BAA531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA531
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -4.95, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 59.54, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0198 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.132 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2609, 37.5728, 8.3528)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA531 #3146BA

analogous

#BA6031 #BAA531 #8ABA31

triadic

#BAA531 #31BAA5 #A531BA

tetradic

#BAA531 #31BA60 #3146BA #BA318A

square

#BAA531 #31BA60 #3146BA #BA318A

split-complementary

#BAA531 #318ABA #6031BA

monochromatic

#594F17 #8A7A24 #BAA531 #D2BF56 #DFD286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BAA531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BAA531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA531

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA531	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)

#B5A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bf71',
    500: '#baa531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa531;
$custom-light: #d3bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71993,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA531

secondary

#7E89C9

accent

#5EE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA531

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

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