#BAA738#BAA738

#BAA738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA738
RGB	rgb(186, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -5.67, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 57.48, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0211 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7838, 38.3637, 9.3134)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA738 #384BBA

analogous

#BA6638 #BAA738 #8CBA38

triadic

#BAA738 #38BAA7 #A738BA

tetradic

#BAA738 #38BA66 #384BBA #BA388C

square

#BAA738 #38BA66 #384BBA #BA388C

split-complementary

#BAA738 #388CBA #6638BA

monochromatic

#5C531C #8B7D2A #BAA738 #CFBF60 #DDD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#BAA738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA738

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA738	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)

#B7A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c075',
    500: '#baa738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa738;
$custom-light: #d2c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA738

secondary

#868FC8

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA738

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

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