#BAA53C#BAA53C

#BAA53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA53C
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -4.39, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 55.22, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.017 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.125 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5220, 37.6773, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA53C #3C51BA

analogous

#BA663C #BAA53C #90BA3C

triadic

#BAA53C #3CBAA5 #A53CBA

tetradic

#BAA53C #3CBA66 #3C51BA #BA3C90

square

#BAA53C #3CBA66 #3C51BA #BA3C90

split-complementary

#BAA53C #3C90BA #663CBA

monochromatic

#5D531E #8C7C2D #BAA53C #CEBC66 #DCD094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BAA53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA53C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA53C	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf77',
    500: '#baa53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa53c;
$custom-light: #d2bf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA53C

secondary

#8A94C8

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA53C

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

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