#BAA931#BAA931

#BAA931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA931
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -7.07, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 60.78, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0258 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(34.9937, 39.0384, 8.5971)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA931 #3142BA

analogous

#BA6431 #BAA931 #86BA31

triadic

#BAA931 #31BAA9 #A931BA

tetradic

#BAA931 #31BA64 #3142BA #BA3186

square

#BAA931 #31BA64 #3142BA #BA3186

split-complementary

#BAA931 #3186BA #6431BA

monochromatic

#595117 #8A7D24 #BAA931 #D2C356 #DFD486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BAA931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA931

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA931	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)

#B9A41C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c272',
    500: '#baa931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa931;
$custom-light: #d2c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA931

secondary

#7E87C9

accent

#5AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA931

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

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