#BAA538#BAA538

#BAA538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA538
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -4.61, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 56.85, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.018 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.128 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4203, 37.6366, 9.1922)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA538 #384DBA

analogous

#BA6438 #BAA538 #8EBA38

triadic

#BAA538 #38BAA5 #A538BA

tetradic

#BAA538 #38BA64 #384DBA #BA388E

square

#BAA538 #38BA64 #384DBA #BA388E

split-complementary

#BAA538 #388EBA #6438BA

monochromatic

#5C521C #8B7B2A #BAA538 #CFBD60 #DDD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BAA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA538

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA538	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf75',
    500: '#baa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa538;
$custom-light: #d2bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA538

secondary

#8690C8

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA538

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

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