#BAA942#BAA942

#BAA942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA942
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -6.14, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 54.00, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0213 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4225, 39.2099, 10.8556)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA942 #4253BA

analogous

#BA6D42 #BAA942 #8FBA42

triadic

#BAA942 #42BAA9 #A942BA

tetradic

#BAA942 #42BA6D #4253BA #BA428F

square

#BAA942 #42BA6D #4253BA #BA428F

split-complementary

#BAA942 #428FBA #6D42BA

monochromatic

#605722 #8D8032 #BAA942 #CBBE6E #DBD29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#BAA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#BAA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA942

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA942	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c27b',
    500: '#baa942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa942;
$custom-light: #d2c27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA942

secondary

#9098C8

accent

#64D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA942

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

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