#BAA834#BAA834

#BAA834 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA834
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -6.40, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 59.35, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0236 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8738, 38.6939, 8.8799)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA834 #3446BA

analogous

#BA6534 #BAA834 #89BA34

triadic

#BAA834 #34BAA8 #A834BA

tetradic

#BAA834 #34BA65 #3446BA #BA3489

square

#BAA834 #34BA65 #3446BA #BA3489

split-complementary

#BAA834 #3489BA #6534BA

monochromatic

#5A5219 #8A7D27 #BAA834 #D1C15A #DED38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BAA834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA834

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA834	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c173',
    500: '#baa834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa834;
$custom-light: #d2c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72653,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA834

secondary

#818BC8

accent

#5DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA834

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

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