#BAA62D#BAA62D

#BAA62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.136 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA62D
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -5.66, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 61.28, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0222 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.136 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3613, 37.9027, 7.9881)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA62D #2D41BA

analogous

#BA5F2D #BAA62D #88BA2D

triadic

#BAA62D #2DBAA6 #A62DBA

tetradic

#BAA62D #2DBA5F #2D41BA #BA2D88

square

#BAA62D #2DBA5F #2D41BA #BA2D88

split-complementary

#BAA62D #2D88BA #5F2DBA

monochromatic

#574E15 #897A21 #BAA62D #D5C250 #E0D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#BAA62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#BAA62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA62D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA62D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.136 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c06f',
    500: '#baa62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa62d;
$custom-light: #d3c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA62D

secondary

#7985C9

accent

#5AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA62D

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

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