#BAA835#BAA835

#BAA835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA835
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -6.35, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 58.97, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0233 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8965, 38.7030, 8.9998)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA835 #3547BA

analogous

#BA6635 #BAA835 #8ABA35

triadic

#BAA835 #35BAA8 #A835BA

tetradic

#BAA835 #35BA66 #3547BA #BA358A

square

#BAA835 #35BA66 #3547BA #BA358A

split-complementary

#BAA835 #358ABA #6635BA

monochromatic

#5B521A #8A7D27 #BAA835 #D0C15C #DED38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BAA835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA835

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA835	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)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c174',
    500: '#baa835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa835;
$custom-light: #d2c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.88,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7266,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA835

secondary

#828CC8

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA835

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

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