#BAA642#BAA642

#BAA642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA642
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -4.56, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 52.98, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0167 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8708, 38.1065, 10.6717)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA642 #4256BA

analogous

#BA6A42 #BAA642 #92BA42

triadic

#BAA642 #42BAA6 #A642BA

tetradic

#BAA642 #42BA6A #4256BA #BA4292

square

#BAA642 #42BA6A #4256BA #BA4292

split-complementary

#BAA642 #4292BA #6A42BA

monochromatic

#605522 #8D7E32 #BAA642 #CBBC6E #DBD19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#BAA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#BAA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA642

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA642	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)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c07b',
    500: '#baa642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa642;
$custom-light: #d2c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72346,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA642

secondary

#9099C8

accent

#67D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA642

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

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