#BAA845#BAA845

#BAA845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA845
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -5.42, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 52.34, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0189 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(35.3280, 38.8756, 11.2719)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA845 #4557BA

analogous

#BA6D45 #BAA845 #92BA45

triadic

#BAA845 #45BAA8 #A845BA

tetradic

#BAA845 #45BA6D #4557BA #BA4592

square

#BAA845 #45BA6D #4557BA #BA4592

split-complementary

#BAA845 #4592BA #6D45BA

monochromatic

#615724 #8D8034 #BAA845 #CBBD72 #DBD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BAA845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#BAA845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA845

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA845	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#B7A43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c17d',
    500: '#baa845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa845;
$custom-light: #d2c17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA845

secondary

#939BC8

accent

#66D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA845

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

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