#BAAA46#BAAA46

#BAAA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA46
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -6.41, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 52.60, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0216 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7313, 39.6323, 11.5608)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA46 #4656BA

analogous

#BA7046 #BAAA46 #90BA46

triadic

#BAAA46 #46BAAA #AA46BA

tetradic

#BAAA46 #46BA70 #4656BA #BA4690

square

#BAAA46 #46BA70 #4656BA #BA4690

split-complementary

#BAAA46 #4690BA #7046BA

monochromatic

#615924 #8E8235 #BAAA46 #CBBE73 #DBD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAAA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BAAA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA46

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA46	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37e',
    500: '#baaa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa46;
$custom-light: #d2c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73235,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA46

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#65D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA46

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

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