#BAA83F#BAA83F

#BAA83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA83F
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 66.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -5.80, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 54.94, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0207 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1511, 38.8048, 10.3402)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA83F #3F51BA

analogous

#BA6B3F #BAA83F #8FBA3F

triadic

#BAA83F #3FBAA8 #A83FBA

tetradic

#BAA83F #3FBA6B #3F51BA #BA3F8F

square

#BAA83F #3FBA6B #3F51BA #BA3F8F

split-complementary

#BAA83F #3F8FBA #6B3FBA

monochromatic

#5F5520 #8C7F30 #BAA83F #CCBE6A #DCD297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BAA83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA83F

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA83F	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)

#B8A432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c179',
    500: '#baa83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa83f;
$custom-light: #d2c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72743,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA83F

secondary

#8D96C8

accent

#63D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA83F

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

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