#BAA940#BAA940

#BAA940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA940
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -6.27, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 54.85, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0219 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3646, 39.1868, 10.5505)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA940 #4051BA

analogous

#BA6C40 #BAA940 #8EBA40

triadic

#BAA940 #40BAA9 #A940BA

tetradic

#BAA940 #40BA6C #4051BA #BA408E

square

#BAA940 #40BA6C #4051BA #BA408E

split-complementary

#BAA940 #408EBA #6C40BA

monochromatic

#5F5621 #8C8030 #BAA940 #CCBF6B #DCD299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BAA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA940

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA940	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c27a',
    500: '#baa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa940;
$custom-light: #d2c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72965,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA940

secondary

#8E96C8

accent

#63D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA940

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

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