#BAA539#BAA539

#BAA539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.127 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA539
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -4.55, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 56.45, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0178 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.127 98)
XYZ	xyz(34.4450, 37.6465, 9.3223)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA539 #394EBA

analogous

#BA6539 #BAA539 #8EBA39

triadic

#BAA539 #39BAA5 #A539BA

tetradic

#BAA539 #39BA65 #394EBA #BA398E

square

#BAA539 #39BA65 #394EBA #BA398E

split-complementary

#BAA539 #398EBA #6539BA

monochromatic

#5C521C #8B7B2B #BAA539 #CFBD61 #DDD190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BAA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA539

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA539	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.127 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf76',
    500: '#baa539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa539;
$custom-light: #d2bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72054,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.37645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA539

secondary

#8791C8

accent

#63DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA539

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

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