#BAA839#BAA839

#BAA839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA839
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -6.14, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 57.41, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0223 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9924, 38.7414, 9.5048)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA839 #394BBA

analogous

#BA6839 #BAA839 #8BBA39

triadic

#BAA839 #39BAA8 #A839BA

tetradic

#BAA839 #39BA68 #394BBA #BA398B

square

#BAA839 #39BA68 #394BBA #BA398B

split-complementary

#BAA839 #398BBA #6839BA

monochromatic

#5C531C #8B7E2B #BAA839 #CFBF61 #DDD290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BAA839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA839

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA839	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)

#B8A329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c176',
    500: '#baa839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa839;
$custom-light: #d2c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA839

secondary

#8790C8

accent

#60DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA839

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

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