#BAA83D#BAA83D

#BAA83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.127 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA83D
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -5.92, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 55.78, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.127 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0962, 38.7829, 10.0512)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA83D #3D4FBA

analogous

#BA693D #BAA83D #8DBA3D

triadic

#BAA83D #3DBAA8 #A83DBA

tetradic

#BAA83D #3DBA69 #3D4FBA #BA3D8D

square

#BAA83D #3DBA69 #3D4FBA #BA3D8D

split-complementary

#BAA83D #3D8DBA #693DBA

monochromatic

#5E551F #8C7E2E #BAA83D #CDBE67 #DCD295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BAA83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA83D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA83D	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.127 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c178',
    500: '#baa83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa83d;
$custom-light: #d2c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA83D

secondary

#8B94C8

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA83D

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

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