#BAAA3B#BAAA3B

#BAAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA3B
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -7.09, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 57.27, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0248 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.4154, 39.5059, 9.8967)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA3B #3B4BBA

analogous

#BA6A3B #BAAA3B #8ABA3B

triadic

#BAAA3B #3BBAAA #AA3BBA

tetradic

#BAAA3B #3BBA6A #3B4BBA #BA3B8A

square

#BAAA3B #3BBA6A #3B4BBA #BA3B8A

split-complementary

#BAAA3B #3B8ABA #6A3BBA

monochromatic

#5D551E #8C802C #BAAA3B #CEC164 #DDD393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#BAAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA3B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA3B	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)

#BAA52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c377',
    500: '#baaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa3b;
$custom-light: #d2c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA3B

secondary

#8991C8

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA3B

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

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