#BAAA37#BAAA37

#BAAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA37
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -7.30, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 58.85, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0258 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3156, 39.4660, 9.3712)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA37 #3747BA

analogous

#BA6937 #BAAA37 #88BA37

triadic

#BAAA37 #37BAAA #AA37BA

tetradic

#BAAA37 #37BA69 #3747BA #BA3788

square

#BAAA37 #37BA69 #3747BA #BA3788

split-complementary

#BAAA37 #3788BA #6937BA

monochromatic

#5C541B #8B7F29 #BAAA37 #D0C25F #DED48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BAAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA37

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA37	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)

#BAA526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c375',
    500: '#baaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa37;
$custom-light: #d2c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA37

secondary

#858DC8

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA37

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

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