#BAA540#BAA540

#BAA540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA540
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -4.15, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 53.52, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.0158 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6318, 37.7212, 10.3062)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA540 #4055BA

analogous

#BA6840 #BAA540 #92BA40

triadic

#BAA540 #40BAA5 #A540BA

tetradic

#BAA540 #40BA68 #4055BA #BA4092

square

#BAA540 #40BA68 #4055BA #BA4092

split-complementary

#BAA540 #4092BA #6840BA

monochromatic

#5F5421 #8C7D30 #BAA540 #CCBB6B #DCD099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BAA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA540

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA540	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)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7a',
    500: '#baa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa540;
$custom-light: #d2bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72115,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA540

secondary

#8E98C8

accent

#67D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA540

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

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