#BAA837#BAA837

#BAA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA837
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -6.25, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 58.20, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0228 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.9435, 38.7218, 9.2471)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA837 #3749BA

analogous

#BA6737 #BAA837 #8ABA37

triadic

#BAA837 #37BAA8 #A837BA

tetradic

#BAA837 #37BA67 #3749BA #BA378A

square

#BAA837 #37BA67 #3749BA #BA378A

split-complementary

#BAA837 #378ABA #6737BA

monochromatic

#5C531B #8B7D29 #BAA837 #D0C05F #DED38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BAA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA837

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA837	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)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c175',
    500: '#baa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa837;
$custom-light: #d2c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA837

secondary

#858EC8

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA837

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

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