#BAA840#BAA840

#BAA840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA840
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -5.74, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 54.51, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0204 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1793, 38.8161, 10.4887)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA840 #4052BA

analogous

#BA6B40 #BAA840 #8FBA40

triadic

#BAA840 #40BAA8 #A840BA

tetradic

#BAA840 #40BA6B #4052BA #BA408F

square

#BAA840 #40BA6B #4052BA #BA408F

split-complementary

#BAA840 #408FBA #6B40BA

monochromatic

#5F5621 #8C7F30 #BAA840 #CCBE6B #DCD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#BAA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA840

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA840	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c17a',
    500: '#baa840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa840;
$custom-light: #d2c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.12444,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA840

secondary

#8E97C8

accent

#64D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA840

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

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