#BAA93D#BAA93D

#BAA93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA93D
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -6.45, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 56.11, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2815, 39.1535, 10.1129)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA93D #3D4EBA

analogous

#BA6A3D #BAA93D #8CBA3D

triadic

#BAA93D #3DBAA9 #A93DBA

tetradic

#BAA93D #3DBA6A #3D4EBA #BA3D8C

square

#BAA93D #3DBA6A #3D4EBA #BA3D8C

split-complementary

#BAA93D #3D8CBA #6A3DBA

monochromatic

#5E551F #8C7F2E #BAA93D #CDBF67 #DCD395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BAA93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA93D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA93D	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c278',
    500: '#baa93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa93d;
$custom-light: #d2c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA93D

secondary

#8B93C8

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA93D

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

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