#BAA970#BAA970

#BAA970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.078 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA970
RGB	rgb(186, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 39.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -2.09, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 31.72, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0047 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.078 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3631, 39.9862, 21.0761)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA970 #7081BA

analogous

#BA8470 #BAA970 #A6BA70

triadic

#BAA970 #70BAA9 #A970BA

tetradic

#BAA970 #70BA84 #7081BA #BA70A6

square

#BAA970 #70BA84 #7081BA #BA70A6

split-complementary

#BAA970 #70A6BA #8470BA

monochromatic

#766839 #A08D4D #BAA970 #CEC299 #E2DBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BAA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA970

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA970	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.078 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c29a',
    500: '#baa970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa970;
$custom-light: #d0c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 34.906,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73604,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA970

secondary

#B4BBD2

accent

#76CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA970

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

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