#BAAA44#BAAA44

#BAAA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA44
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -6.54, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 53.48, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0222 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6693, 39.6074, 11.2339)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA44 #4454BA

analogous

#BA6F44 #BAAA44 #8FBA44

triadic

#BAAA44 #44BAAA #AA44BA

tetradic

#BAAA44 #44BA6F #4454BA #BA448F

square

#BAAA44 #44BA6F #4454BA #BA448F

split-complementary

#BAAA44 #448FBA #6F44BA

monochromatic

#605823 #8D8134 #BAAA44 #CBBF70 #DBD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAAA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#BAAA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA44

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA44	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37c',
    500: '#baaa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa44;
$custom-light: #d2c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73216,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA44

secondary

#9299C8

accent

#64D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA44

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

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