#BAA656#BAA656

#BAA656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA656
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -3.07, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 43.71, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0101 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.103 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5669, 38.3849, 14.3379)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA656 #566ABA

analogous

#BA7456 #BAA656 #9CBA56

triadic

#BAA656 #56BAA6 #A656BA

tetradic

#BAA656 #56BA74 #566ABA #BA569C

square

#BAA656 #56BA74 #566ABA #BA569C

split-complementary

#BAA656 #569CBA #7456BA

monochromatic

#6A5E2B #96843D #BAA656 #CCBD81 #DDD4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BAA656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA656

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA656	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c088',
    500: '#baa656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa656;
$custom-light: #d1c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA656

secondary

#A0A9CB

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA656

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

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