#BAAA49#BAAA49

#BAAA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA49
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -6.20, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 51.25, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0206 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(35.8284, 39.6711, 12.0721)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA49 #4959BA

analogous

#BA7149 #BAAA49 #92BA49

triadic

#BAAA49 #49BAAA #AA49BA

tetradic

#BAAA49 #49BA71 #4959BA #BA4992

square

#BAAA49 #49BA71 #4959BA #BA4992

split-complementary

#BAAA49 #4992BA #7149BA

monochromatic

#635A26 #8F8336 #BAAA49 #CBBF75 #DCD3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAAA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#BAAA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA49

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA49	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)

#B9A63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37f',
    500: '#baaa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa49;
$custom-light: #d1c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73266,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.3967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA49

secondary

#969DC8

accent

#65D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA49

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

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