#BAA841#BAA841

#BAA841 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA841
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -5.68, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 54.09, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0201 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.124 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2080, 38.8276, 10.6399)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA841 #4153BA

analogous

#BA6B41 #BAA841 #90BA41

triadic

#BAA841 #41BAA8 #A841BA

tetradic

#BAA841 #41BA6B #4153BA #BA4190

square

#BAA841 #41BA6B #4153BA #BA4190

split-complementary

#BAA841 #4190BA #6B41BA

monochromatic

#5F5621 #8D7F31 #BAA841 #CCBE6C #DCD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BAA841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA841

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA841	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c17a',
    500: '#baa841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa841;
$custom-light: #d2c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72761,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA841

secondary

#8F98C8

accent

#64D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA841

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

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