#BAA541#BAA541

#BAA541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA541
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -4.09, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 53.09, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0155 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6605, 37.7327, 10.4574)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA541 #4156BA

analogous

#BA6941 #BAA541 #93BA41

triadic

#BAA541 #41BAA5 #A541BA

tetradic

#BAA541 #41BA69 #4156BA #BA4193

square

#BAA541 #41BA69 #4156BA #BA4193

split-complementary

#BAA541 #4193BA #6941BA

monochromatic

#5F5521 #8D7D31 #BAA541 #CCBB6C #DCD09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BAA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA541

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA541	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7a',
    500: '#baa541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa541;
$custom-light: #d2bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA541

secondary

#8F99C8

accent

#68D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA541

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

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