#BAAA38#BAAA38

#BAAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA38
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -7.25, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 58.46, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0256 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3398, 39.4756, 9.4987)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA38 #3848BA

analogous

#BA6938 #BAAA38 #89BA38

triadic

#BAAA38 #38BAAA #AA38BA

tetradic

#BAAA38 #38BA69 #3848BA #BA3889

square

#BAAA38 #38BA69 #3848BA #BA3889

split-complementary

#BAAA38 #3889BA #6938BA

monochromatic

#5C541C #8B7F2A #BAAA38 #CFC160 #DDD48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BAAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA38

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA38	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)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c375',
    500: '#baaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa38;
$custom-light: #d2c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA38

secondary

#868EC8

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA38

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

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