#BAAA31#BAAA31

#BAAA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA31
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -7.59, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 61.10, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0273 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1804, 39.4119, 8.6593)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA31 #3141BA

analogous

#BA6531 #BAAA31 #85BA31

triadic

#BAAA31 #31BAAA #AA31BA

tetradic

#BAAA31 #31BA65 #3141BA #BA3185

square

#BAAA31 #31BA65 #3141BA #BA3185

split-complementary

#BAAA31 #3185BA #6531BA

monochromatic

#595117 #8A7E24 #BAAA31 #D2C456 #DFD586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#BAAA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA31

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA31	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)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c272',
    500: '#baaa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa31;
$custom-light: #d2c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA31

secondary

#7E87C9

accent

#58E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA31

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

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