#BAA849#BAA849

#BAA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA849
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -5.15, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 50.54, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0176 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4563, 38.9269, 11.9481)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA849 #495BBA

analogous

#BA6F49 #BAA849 #94BA49

triadic

#BAA849 #49BAA8 #A849BA

tetradic

#BAA849 #49BA6F #495BBA #BA4994

square

#BAA849 #49BA6F #495BBA #BA4994

split-complementary

#BAA849 #4994BA #6F49BA

monochromatic

#635926 #8F8136 #BAA849 #CBBD75 #DCD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#BAA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#BAA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA849

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA849	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c17f',
    500: '#baa849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa849;
$custom-light: #d1c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA849

secondary

#969EC8

accent

#68D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA849

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

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