#BAAA40#BAAA40

#BAAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA40
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -6.79, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 55.20, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0234 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5513, 39.5602, 10.6127)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA40 #4050BA

analogous

#BA6D40 #BAAA40 #8DBA40

triadic

#BAAA40 #40BAAA #AA40BA

tetradic

#BAAA40 #40BA6D #4050BA #BA408D

square

#BAAA40 #40BA6D #4050BA #BA408D

split-complementary

#BAAA40 #408DBA #6D40BA

monochromatic

#5F5721 #8C8030 #BAAA40 #CCBF6B #DCD399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#BAAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA40

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA40	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)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37a',
    500: '#baaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa40;
$custom-light: #d2c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA40

secondary

#8E96C8

accent

#61D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA40

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

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