#BAA53E#BAA53E

#BAA53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA53E
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -4.27, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 54.38, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0164 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.124 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5759, 37.6988, 10.0119)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA53E #3E53BA

analogous

#BA673E #BAA53E #91BA3E

triadic

#BAA53E #3EBAA5 #A53EBA

tetradic

#BAA53E #3EBA67 #3E53BA #BA3E91

square

#BAA53E #3EBA67 #3E53BA #BA3E91

split-complementary

#BAA53E #3E91BA #673EBA

monochromatic

#5E541F #8C7C2F #BAA53E #CDBC68 #DCD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BAA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA53E

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA53E	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)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf78',
    500: '#baa53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa53e;
$custom-light: #d2bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA53E

secondary

#8C96C8

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA53E

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

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