#BAA534#BAA534

#BAA534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA534
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -4.81, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 58.42, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0191 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.131 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3263, 37.5990, 8.6974)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA534 #3449BA

analogous

#BA6234 #BAA534 #8CBA34

triadic

#BAA534 #34BAA5 #A534BA

tetradic

#BAA534 #34BA62 #3449BA #BA348C

square

#BAA534 #34BA62 #3449BA #BA348C

split-complementary

#BAA534 #348CBA #6234BA

monochromatic

#5A5019 #8A7B27 #BAA534 #D1BE5A #DED18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BAA534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA534

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA534	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#B5A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf73',
    500: '#baa534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa534;
$custom-light: #d2bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72015,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA534

secondary

#818DC8

accent

#60E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA534

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

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