#BAA638#BAA638

#BAA638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.129 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA638
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -5.14, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 57.16, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0196 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.129 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6013, 37.9987, 9.2525)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA638 #384CBA

analogous

#BA6538 #BAA638 #8DBA38

triadic

#BAA638 #38BAA6 #A638BA

tetradic

#BAA638 #38BA65 #384CBA #BA388D

square

#BAA638 #38BA65 #384CBA #BA388D

split-complementary

#BAA638 #388DBA #6538BA

monochromatic

#5C521C #8B7C2A #BAA638 #CFBE60 #DDD18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#BAA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA638

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA638	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.129 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c075',
    500: '#baa638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa638;
$custom-light: #d2c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA638

secondary

#8690C8

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA638

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

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