#BAA838#BAA838

#BAA838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA838
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -6.19, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 57.81, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.0226 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(34.9677, 38.7315, 9.3747)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA838 #384ABA

analogous

#BA6738 #BAA838 #8BBA38

triadic

#BAA838 #38BAA8 #A838BA

tetradic

#BAA838 #38BA67 #384ABA #BA388B

square

#BAA838 #38BA67 #384ABA #BA388B

split-complementary

#BAA838 #388BBA #6738BA

monochromatic

#5C531C #8B7E2A #BAA838 #CFC060 #DDD28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BAA838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA838

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA838	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c175',
    500: '#baa838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa838;
$custom-light: #d2c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72683,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA838

secondary

#868FC8

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA838

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

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