#BAA549#BAA549

#BAA549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA549
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -3.55, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 49.52, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.013 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.115 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9089, 37.8320, 11.7656)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA549 #495EBA

analogous

#BA6C49 #BAA549 #96BA49

triadic

#BAA549 #49BAA5 #A549BA

tetradic

#BAA549 #49BA6C #495EBA #BA4996

square

#BAA549 #49BA6C #495EBA #BA4996

split-complementary

#BAA549 #4996BA #6C49BA

monochromatic

#635826 #8F7F36 #BAA549 #CBBB75 #DCD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BAA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#BAA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA549

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA549	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bf7f',
    500: '#baa549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa549;
$custom-light: #d1bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA549

secondary

#96A0C8

accent

#6BD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA549

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

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