#BAA951#BAA951

#BAA951 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA951
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -5.08, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 47.18, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0164 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.111 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9242, 39.4106, 13.4977)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA951 #5162BA

analogous

#BA7551 #BAA951 #96BA51

triadic

#BAA951 #51BAA9 #A951BA

tetradic

#BAA951 #51BA75 #5162BA #BA5196

square

#BAA951 #51BA75 #5162BA #BA5196

split-complementary

#BAA951 #5196BA #7551BA

monochromatic

#685D29 #93853A #BAA951 #CBBF7D #DDD4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BAA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA951

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA951	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c285',
    500: '#baa951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa951;
$custom-light: #d1c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA951

secondary

#9DA4CA

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA951

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

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