#BAA831#BAA831

#BAA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA831
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -6.54, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 60.47, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0243 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8084, 38.6677, 8.5353)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA831 #3143BA

analogous

#BA6331 #BAA831 #87BA31

triadic

#BAA831 #31BAA8 #A831BA

tetradic

#BAA831 #31BA63 #3143BA #BA3187

square

#BAA831 #31BA63 #3143BA #BA3187

split-complementary

#BAA831 #3187BA #6331BA

monochromatic

#595017 #8A7C24 #BAA831 #D2C256 #DFD386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#BAA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA831

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA831	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B8A31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c172',
    500: '#baa831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa831;
$custom-light: #d3c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72632,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA831

secondary

#7E88C9

accent

#5BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA831

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

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