#BAA565#BAA565

#BAA565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.087 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA565
RGB	rgb(186, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 45.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -1.13, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 35.89, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0028 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.087 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0549, 38.2904, 17.8010)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA565 #657ABA

analogous

#BA7B65 #BAA565 #A5BA65

triadic

#BAA565 #65BAA5 #A565BA

tetradic

#BAA565 #65BA7B #657ABA #BA65A5

square

#BAA565 #65BA7B #657ABA #BA65A5

split-complementary

#BAA565 #65A5BA #7B65BA

monochromatic

#726233 #9C8746 #BAA565 #CDBE8F #E0D6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BAA565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#BAA565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA565

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA565	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.087 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bf92',
    500: '#baa565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa565;
$custom-light: #d0bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.08692,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA565

secondary

#ACB5CF

accent

#76CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA565

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

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