#BAA93E#BAA93E

#BAA93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA93E
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -6.39, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 55.70, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0224 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3087, 39.1644, 10.2561)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA93E #3E4FBA

analogous

#BA6B3E #BAA93E #8DBA3E

triadic

#BAA93E #3EBAA9 #A93EBA

tetradic

#BAA93E #3EBA6B #3E4FBA #BA3E8D

square

#BAA93E #3EBA6B #3E4FBA #BA3E8D

split-complementary

#BAA93E #3E8DBA #6B3EBA

monochromatic

#5E561F #8C7F2F #BAA93E #CDBF68 #DCD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#BAA93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA93E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA93E	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)

#B9A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c279',
    500: '#baa93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa93e;
$custom-light: #d2c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.1268,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA93E

secondary

#8C94C8

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA93E

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

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