#BAA63B#BAA63B

#BAA63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.127 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA63B
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -4.97, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 55.95, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0188 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.127 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6769, 38.0290, 9.6506)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA63B #3B4FBA

analogous

#BA663B #BAA63B #8EBA3B

triadic

#BAA63B #3BBAA6 #A63BBA

tetradic

#BAA63B #3BBA66 #3B4FBA #BA3B8E

square

#BAA63B #3BBA66 #3B4FBA #BA3B8E

split-complementary

#BAA63B #3B8EBA #663BBA

monochromatic

#5D531E #8C7D2C #BAA63B #CEBD64 #DDD193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BAA63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA63B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA63B	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.127 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c077',
    500: '#baa63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa63b;
$custom-light: #d2c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA63B

secondary

#8993C8

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA63B

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

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