#BAA649#BAA649

#BAA649 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA649
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -4.08, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 49.85, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0145 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.115 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0900, 38.1942, 11.8259)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA649 #495DBA

analogous

#BA6D49 #BAA649 #95BA49

triadic

#BAA649 #49BAA6 #A649BA

tetradic

#BAA649 #49BA6D #495DBA #BA4995

square

#BAA649 #49BA6D #495DBA #BA4995

split-complementary

#BAA649 #4995BA #6D49BA

monochromatic

#635826 #8F8036 #BAA649 #CBBC75 #DCD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BAA649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#BAA649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA649

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA649	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c07f',
    500: '#baa649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa649;
$custom-light: #d1c07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA649

secondary

#969FC8

accent

#6AD553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA649

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

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