#BAA83C#BAA83C

#BAA83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA83C
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -5.98, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 56.19, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0215 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0695, 38.7722, 9.9106)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA83C #3C4EBA

analogous

#BA693C #BAA83C #8DBA3C

triadic

#BAA83C #3CBAA8 #A83CBA

tetradic

#BAA83C #3CBA69 #3C4EBA #BA3C8D

square

#BAA83C #3CBA69 #3C4EBA #BA3C8D

split-complementary

#BAA83C #3C8DBA #693CBA

monochromatic

#5D541E #8C7E2D #BAA83C #CEBF66 #DCD294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#BAA83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA83C

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA83C	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)

#B8A32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c178',
    500: '#baa83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa83c;
$custom-light: #d2c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA83C

secondary

#8A93C8

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA83C

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

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