#BAA657#BAA657

#BAA657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.102 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA657
RGB	rgb(186, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -2.98, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 43.22, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0097 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.102 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6075, 38.4012, 14.5515)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA657 #576BBA

analogous

#BA7457 #BAA657 #9CBA57

triadic

#BAA657 #57BAA6 #A657BA

tetradic

#BAA657 #57BA74 #576BBA #BA579C

square

#BAA657 #57BA74 #576BBA #BA579C

split-complementary

#BAA657 #579CBA #7457BA

monochromatic

#6B5E2C #96843E #BAA657 #CCBD82 #DED4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BAA657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA657

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA657	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)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.102 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c088',
    500: '#baa657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa657;
$custom-light: #d1c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.879,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA657

secondary

#A1AACC

accent

#6FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA657

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

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