#BAA82C#BAA82C

#BAA82C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA82C
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -6.76, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 62.22, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0254 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7086, 38.6279, 8.0101)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA82C #2C3EBA

analogous

#BA612C #BAA82C #85BA2C

triadic

#BAA82C #2CBAA8 #A82CBA

tetradic

#BAA82C #2CBA61 #2C3EBA #BA2C85

square

#BAA82C #2CBA61 #2C3EBA #BA2C85

split-complementary

#BAA82C #2C85BA #612CBA

monochromatic

#574F15 #897B20 #BAA82C #D5C44E #E1D580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#BAA82C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BAA82C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA82C

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA82C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA82C	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa82c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c16f',
    500: '#baa82c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa82c;
$custom-light: #d3c16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa82c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72599,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA82C

secondary

#7883CA

accent

#57E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA82C

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

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