#BAA53B#BAA53B

#BAA53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA53B
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -4.44, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 55.63, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0172 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4958, 37.6668, 9.5902)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA53B #3B50BA

analogous

#BA653B #BAA53B #8FBA3B

triadic

#BAA53B #3BBAA5 #A53BBA

tetradic

#BAA53B #3BBA65 #3B50BA #BA3B8F

square

#BAA53B #3BBA65 #3B50BA #BA3B8F

split-complementary

#BAA53B #3B8FBA #653BBA

monochromatic

#5D531E #8C7C2C #BAA53B #CEBC64 #DDD093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BAA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA53B

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA53B	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)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf77',
    500: '#baa53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa53b;
$custom-light: #d2bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA53B

secondary

#8993C8

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA53B

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

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