#BAA72C#BAA72C

#BAA72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA72C
RGB	rgb(186, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -6.23, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 61.92, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0239 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5247, 38.2601, 7.9488)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA72C #2C3FBA

analogous

#BA602C #BAA72C #86BA2C

triadic

#BAA72C #2CBAA7 #A72CBA

tetradic

#BAA72C #2CBA60 #2C3FBA #BA2C86

square

#BAA72C #2CBA60 #2C3FBA #BA2C86

split-complementary

#BAA72C #2C86BA #602CBA

monochromatic

#574E15 #897B20 #BAA72C #D5C34E #E1D480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BAA72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BAA72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA72C

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA72C	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c06f',
    500: '#baa72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa72c;
$custom-light: #d3c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA72C

secondary

#7883CA

accent

#59E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA72C

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

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