#BAAA36#BAAA36

#BAAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA36
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -7.35, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 59.24, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0261 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2919, 39.4565, 9.2462)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA36 #3646BA

analogous

#BA6836 #BAAA36 #88BA36

triadic

#BAAA36 #36BAAA #AA36BA

tetradic

#BAAA36 #36BA68 #3646BA #BA3688

square

#BAAA36 #36BA68 #3646BA #BA3688

split-complementary

#BAAA36 #3688BA #6836BA

monochromatic

#5B531A #8B7F28 #BAAA36 #D0C25D #DED48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BAAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA36

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA36	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c274',
    500: '#baaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa36;
$custom-light: #d2c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73095,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA36

secondary

#848CC8

accent

#5CDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA36

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

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