#BAA63E#BAA63E

#BAA63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA63E
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -4.80, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 54.70, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.0179 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7570, 38.0610, 10.0722)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA63E #3E52BA

analogous

#BA683E #BAA63E #90BA3E

triadic

#BAA63E #3EBAA6 #A63EBA

tetradic

#BAA63E #3EBA68 #3E52BA #BA3E90

square

#BAA63E #3EBA68 #3E52BA #BA3E90

split-complementary

#BAA63E #3E90BA #683EBA

monochromatic

#5E541F #8C7D2F #BAA63E #CDBD68 #DCD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#BAA63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA63E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA63E	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)

#B6A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c079',
    500: '#baa63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa63e;
$custom-light: #d2c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72309,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA63E

secondary

#8C96C8

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA63E

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

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