#BAA842#BAA842

#BAA842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA842
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -5.61, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 53.65, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0198 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2372, 38.8393, 10.7938)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA842 #4254BA

analogous

#BA6C42 #BAA842 #90BA42

triadic

#BAA842 #42BAA8 #A842BA

tetradic

#BAA842 #42BA6C #4254BA #BA4290

square

#BAA842 #42BA6C #4254BA #BA4290

split-complementary

#BAA842 #4290BA #6C42BA

monochromatic

#605622 #8D7F32 #BAA842 #CBBD6E #DBD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BAA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BAA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA842

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA842	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)

#B7A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c17b',
    500: '#baa842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa842;
$custom-light: #d2c17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA842

secondary

#9099C8

accent

#65D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA842

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

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