#BAA635#BAA635

#BAA635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA635
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -5.29, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 58.34, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0203 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.131 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5302, 37.9702, 8.8776)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA635 #3549BA

analogous

#BA6335 #BAA635 #8CBA35

triadic

#BAA635 #35BAA6 #A635BA

tetradic

#BAA635 #35BA63 #3549BA #BA358C

square

#BAA635 #35BA63 #3549BA #BA358C

split-complementary

#BAA635 #358CBA #6335BA

monochromatic

#5B511A #8A7B27 #BAA635 #D0BF5C #DED28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#BAA635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA635

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA635	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c073',
    500: '#baa635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa635;
$custom-light: #d2c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.13069,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA635

secondary

#828DC8

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA635

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

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