#BAAA3E#BAAA3E

#BAAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA3E
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -6.91, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 56.04, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0239 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4954, 39.5379, 10.3184)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA3E #3E4EBA

analogous

#BA6C3E #BAAA3E #8CBA3E

triadic

#BAAA3E #3EBAAA #AA3EBA

tetradic

#BAAA3E #3EBA6C #3E4EBA #BA3E8C

square

#BAAA3E #3EBA6C #3E4EBA #BA3E8C

split-complementary

#BAAA3E #3E8CBA #6C3EBA

monochromatic

#5E561F #8C802F #BAAA3E #CDC068 #DCD396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BAAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA3E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA3E	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c379',
    500: '#baaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa3e;
$custom-light: #d2c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7316,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA3E

secondary

#8C94C8

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA3E

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

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