#BAA536#BAA536

#BAA536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA536
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -4.71, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 57.64, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0186 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3723, 37.6174, 8.9397)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA536 #364BBA

analogous

#BA6336 #BAA536 #8DBA36

triadic

#BAA536 #36BAA5 #A536BA

tetradic

#BAA536 #36BA63 #364BBA #BA368D

square

#BAA536 #36BA63 #364BBA #BA368D

split-complementary

#BAA536 #368DBA #6336BA

monochromatic

#5B511A #8B7B28 #BAA536 #D0BE5D #DED18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BAA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA536

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA536	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)

#B5A125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf74',
    500: '#baa536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa536;
$custom-light: #d2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7203,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA536

secondary

#848FC8

accent

#61DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA536

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

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