#BAA736#BAA736

#BAA736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA736
RGB	rgb(186, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -5.77, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 58.27, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7359, 38.3445, 9.0609)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA736 #3649BA

analogous

#BA6536 #BAA736 #8BBA36

triadic

#BAA736 #36BAA7 #A736BA

tetradic

#BAA736 #36BA65 #3649BA #BA368B

square

#BAA736 #36BA65 #3649BA #BA368B

split-complementary

#BAA736 #368BBA #6536BA

monochromatic

#5B521A #8B7C28 #BAA736 #D0BF5D #DED28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BAA736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA736

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA736	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c074',
    500: '#baa736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa736;
$custom-light: #d2c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72455,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA736

secondary

#848DC8

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA736

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

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