#BAAA39#BAAA39

#BAAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA39
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -7.19, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 58.07, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0253 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3645, 39.4855, 9.6288)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA39 #3949BA

analogous

#BA6939 #BAAA39 #8ABA39

triadic

#BAAA39 #39BAAA #AA39BA

tetradic

#BAAA39 #39BA69 #3949BA #BA398A

square

#BAAA39 #39BA69 #3949BA #BA398A

split-complementary

#BAAA39 #398ABA #6939BA

monochromatic

#5C541C #8B7F2B #BAAA39 #CFC161 #DDD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BAAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA39

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA39	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c376',
    500: '#baaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa39;
$custom-light: #d2c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA39

secondary

#878FC8

accent

#5DDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA39

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

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