#BAA83B#BAA83B

#BAA83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA83B
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -6.03, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 56.60, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0218 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0433, 38.7617, 9.7727)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA83B #3B4DBA

analogous

#BA683B #BAA83B #8CBA3B

triadic

#BAA83B #3BBAA8 #A83BBA

tetradic

#BAA83B #3BBA68 #3B4DBA #BA3B8C

square

#BAA83B #3BBA68 #3B4DBA #BA3B8C

split-complementary

#BAA83B #3B8CBA #683BBA

monochromatic

#5D541E #8C7E2C #BAA83B #CEBF64 #DDD293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BAA83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA83B

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA83B	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)

#B8A32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c177',
    500: '#baa83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa83b;
$custom-light: #d2c177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA83B

secondary

#8992C8

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA83B

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

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