#BAA637#BAA637

#BAA637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA637
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -5.19, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 57.56, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0198 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5771, 37.9890, 9.1250)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA637 #374BBA

analogous

#BA6537 #BAA637 #8CBA37

triadic

#BAA637 #37BAA6 #A637BA

tetradic

#BAA637 #37BA65 #374BBA #BA378C

square

#BAA637 #37BA65 #374BBA #BA378C

split-complementary

#BAA637 #378CBA #6537BA

monochromatic

#5C521B #8B7C29 #BAA637 #D0BE5F #DED18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BAA637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA637

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA637	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c075',
    500: '#baa637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa637;
$custom-light: #d2c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA637

secondary

#858FC8

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA637

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

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