#BAA941#BAA941

#BAA941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA941
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -6.21, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 54.43, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0216 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.3933, 39.1982, 10.7017)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA941 #4152BA

analogous

#BA6D41 #BAA941 #8FBA41

triadic

#BAA941 #41BAA9 #A941BA

tetradic

#BAA941 #41BA6D #4152BA #BA418F

square

#BAA941 #41BA6D #4152BA #BA418F

split-complementary

#BAA941 #418FBA #6D41BA

monochromatic

#5F5721 #8D8031 #BAA941 #CCBE6C #DCD29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BAA941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA941

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA941	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)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c27b',
    500: '#baa941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa941;
$custom-light: #d2c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA941

secondary

#8F97C8

accent

#63D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA941

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

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