#BAA73C#BAA73C

#BAA73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA73C
RGB	rgb(186, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -5.45, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 55.86, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.02 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8856, 38.4044, 9.8493)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA73C #3C4FBA

analogous

#BA683C #BAA73C #8EBA3C

triadic

#BAA73C #3CBAA7 #A73CBA

tetradic

#BAA73C #3CBA68 #3C4FBA #BA3C8E

square

#BAA73C #3CBA68 #3C4FBA #BA3C8E

split-complementary

#BAA73C #3C8EBA #683CBA

monochromatic

#5D541E #8C7D2D #BAA73C #CEBE66 #DCD294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#BAA73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#BAA73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA73C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA73C	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)

#B7A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c077',
    500: '#baa73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa73c;
$custom-light: #d2c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA73C

secondary

#8A93C8

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA73C

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

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