#BAA535#BAA535

#BAA535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA535
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -4.76, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 58.03, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0188 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3491, 37.6081, 8.8173)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA535 #354ABA

analogous

#BA6235 #BAA535 #8DBA35

triadic

#BAA535 #35BAA5 #A535BA

tetradic

#BAA535 #35BA62 #354ABA #BA358D

square

#BAA535 #35BA62 #354ABA #BA358D

split-complementary

#BAA535 #358DBA #6235BA

monochromatic

#5B501A #8A7B27 #BAA535 #D0BE5C #DED18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BAA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA535

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA535	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)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf73',
    500: '#baa535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa535;
$custom-light: #d2bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72022,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA535

secondary

#828EC8

accent

#61DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA535

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

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