#BAA542#BAA542

#BAA542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA542
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -4.02, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 52.65, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0152 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.12 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6897, 37.7444, 10.6114)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA542 #4257BA

analogous

#BA6942 #BAA542 #93BA42

triadic

#BAA542 #42BAA5 #A542BA

tetradic

#BAA542 #42BA69 #4257BA #BA4293

square

#BAA542 #42BA69 #4257BA #BA4293

split-complementary

#BAA542 #4293BA #6942BA

monochromatic

#605522 #8D7D32 #BAA542 #CBBB6E #DBD09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BAA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#BAA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA542

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA542	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)

#B5A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bf7b',
    500: '#baa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa542;
$custom-light: #d2bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72134,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA542

secondary

#909AC8

accent

#68D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA542

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

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