#BAA852#BAA852

#BAA852 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.109 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA852
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -4.47, 46.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 46.35, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0146 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.109 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7766, 39.0551, 13.6349)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA852 #5264BA

analogous

#BA7452 #BAA852 #98BA52

triadic

#BAA852 #52BAA8 #A852BA

tetradic

#BAA852 #52BA74 #5264BA #BA5298

square

#BAA852 #52BA74 #5264BA #BA5298

split-complementary

#BAA852 #5298BA #7452BA

monochromatic

#685D2A #94843B #BAA852 #CBBE7E #DDD4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BAA852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA852

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA852	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.109 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c185',
    500: '#baa852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa852;
$custom-light: #d1c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA852

secondary

#9DA5CA

accent

#6BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA852

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

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