#BAA836#BAA836

#BAA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA836
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -6.30, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 58.59, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0231 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.132 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9198, 38.7123, 9.1222)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA836 #3648BA

analogous

#BA6636 #BAA836 #8ABA36

triadic

#BAA836 #36BAA8 #A836BA

tetradic

#BAA836 #36BA66 #3648BA #BA368A

square

#BAA836 #36BA66 #3648BA #BA368A

split-complementary

#BAA836 #368ABA #6636BA

monochromatic

#5B521A #8B7D28 #BAA836 #D0C05D #DED38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BAA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA836

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA836	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)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c174',
    500: '#baa836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa836;
$custom-light: #d2c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72668,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA836

secondary

#848DC8

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA836

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

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