#BAA640#BAA640

#BAA640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA640
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -4.68, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 53.85, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0173 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8129, 38.0833, 10.3666)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA640 #4054BA

analogous

#BA6940 #BAA640 #91BA40

triadic

#BAA640 #40BAA6 #A640BA

tetradic

#BAA640 #40BA69 #4054BA #BA4091

square

#BAA640 #40BA69 #4054BA #BA4091

split-complementary

#BAA640 #4091BA #6940BA

monochromatic

#5F5521 #8C7D30 #BAA640 #CCBC6B #DCD199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BAA640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA640

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA640	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c07a',
    500: '#baa640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa640;
$custom-light: #d2c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72327,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA640

secondary

#8E98C8

accent

#66D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA640

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

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