#BAA533#BAA533

#BAA533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA533
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -4.86, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 58.80, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% -0.0193 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3040, 37.5901, 8.5800)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA533 #3348BA

analogous

#BA6233 #BAA533 #8CBA33

triadic

#BAA533 #33BAA5 #A533BA

tetradic

#BAA533 #33BA62 #3348BA #BA338C

square

#BAA533 #33BA62 #3348BA #BA338C

split-complementary

#BAA533 #338CBA #6233BA

monochromatic

#5A5019 #8A7A26 #BAA533 #D1BF59 #DFD189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BAA533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BAA533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA533

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA533	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)

#B5A120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf72',
    500: '#baa533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa533;
$custom-light: #d2bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72007,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA533

secondary

#808CC9

accent

#5FE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA533

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

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