#BAA855#BAA855

#BAA855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.106 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA855
RGB	rgb(186, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -4.22, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 44.91, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0135 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.106 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.8933, 39.1017, 14.2493)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA855 #5567BA

analogous

#BA7555 #BAA855 #99BA55

triadic

#BAA855 #55BAA8 #A855BA

tetradic

#BAA855 #55BA75 #5567BA #BA5599

square

#BAA855 #55BA75 #5567BA #BA5599

split-complementary

#BAA855 #5599BA #7555BA

monochromatic

#6A5F2B #95853D #BAA855 #CCBE81 #DDD5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BAA855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA855

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA855	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.106 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c187',
    500: '#baa855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa855;
$custom-light: #d1c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA855

secondary

#A0A7CB

accent

#6CD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA855

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

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