#BAA83E#BAA83E

#BAA83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA83E
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -5.86, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 55.36, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0209 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1234, 38.7938, 10.1944)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA83E #3E50BA

analogous

#BA6A3E #BAA83E #8EBA3E

triadic

#BAA83E #3EBAA8 #A83EBA

tetradic

#BAA83E #3EBA6A #3E50BA #BA3E8E

square

#BAA83E #3EBA6A #3E50BA #BA3E8E

split-complementary

#BAA83E #3E8EBA #6A3EBA

monochromatic

#5E551F #8C7F2F #BAA83E #CDBE68 #DCD296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BAA83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA83E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA83E	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)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c179',
    500: '#baa83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa83e;
$custom-light: #d2c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72734,
    "c": 0.12596,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA83E

secondary

#8C95C8

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA83E

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

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