#BAA933#BAA933

#BAA933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.134 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA933
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -6.97, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 60.05, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0253 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.134 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0368, 39.0557, 8.8243)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA933 #3344BA

analogous

#BA6533 #BAA933 #88BA33

triadic

#BAA933 #33BAA9 #A933BA

tetradic

#BAA933 #33BA65 #3344BA #BA3388

square

#BAA933 #33BA65 #3344BA #BA3388

split-complementary

#BAA933 #3388BA #6533BA

monochromatic

#5A5219 #8A7D26 #BAA933 #D1C259 #DFD489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#BAA933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA933

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA933	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.134 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c273',
    500: '#baa933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa933;
$custom-light: #d2c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72859,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA933

secondary

#8089C9

accent

#5BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA933

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

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