#BAA939#BAA939

#BAA939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA939
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -6.67, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 57.74, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0238 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1778, 39.1120, 9.5665)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA939 #394ABA

analogous

#BA6839 #BAA939 #8ABA39

triadic

#BAA939 #39BAA9 #A939BA

tetradic

#BAA939 #39BA68 #394ABA #BA398A

square

#BAA939 #39BA68 #394ABA #BA398A

split-complementary

#BAA939 #398ABA #6839BA

monochromatic

#5C541C #8B7E2B #BAA939 #CFC061 #DDD390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#BAA939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA939

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA939	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)

#B9A429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c276',
    500: '#baa939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa939;
$custom-light: #d2c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA939

secondary

#878FC8

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA939

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

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