#BAA938#BAA938

#BAA938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA938
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -6.72, 57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 58.13, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0241 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1531, 39.1021, 9.4364)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA938 #3849BA

analogous

#BA6838 #BAA938 #8ABA38

triadic

#BAA938 #38BAA9 #A938BA

tetradic

#BAA938 #38BA68 #3849BA #BA388A

square

#BAA938 #38BA68 #3849BA #BA388A

split-complementary

#BAA938 #388ABA #6838BA

monochromatic

#5C541C #8B7E2A #BAA938 #CFC160 #DDD38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BAA938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA938

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA938	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c275',
    500: '#baa938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa938;
$custom-light: #d2c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA938

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA938

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

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