#BAAA42#BAAA42

#BAAA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA42
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -6.67, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 54.34, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0228 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.125 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6093, 39.5834, 10.9179)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA42 #4252BA

analogous

#BA6E42 #BAAA42 #8EBA42

triadic

#BAAA42 #42BAAA #AA42BA

tetradic

#BAAA42 #42BA6E #4252BA #BA428E

square

#BAAA42 #42BA6E #4252BA #BA428E

split-complementary

#BAAA42 #428EBA #6E42BA

monochromatic

#605722 #8D8132 #BAAA42 #CBBF6E #DBD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BAAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BAAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA42

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA42	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37b',
    500: '#baaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa42;
$custom-light: #d2c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73196,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA42

secondary

#9098C8

accent

#63D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA42

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

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