#BAA737#BAA737

#BAA737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA737
RGB	rgb(186, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -5.72, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 57.88, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0213 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7596, 38.3540, 9.1858)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA737 #374ABA

analogous

#BA6637 #BAA737 #8BBA37

triadic

#BAA737 #37BAA7 #A737BA

tetradic

#BAA737 #37BA66 #374ABA #BA378B

square

#BAA737 #37BA66 #374ABA #BA378B

split-complementary

#BAA737 #378BBA #6637BA

monochromatic

#5C521B #8B7D29 #BAA737 #D0BF5F #DED28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BAA737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA737

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA737	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)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c075',
    500: '#baa737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa737;
$custom-light: #d2c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA737

secondary

#858EC8

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA737

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

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