#BAAA4E#BAAA4E

#BAAA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.114 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA4E
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -5.84, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 48.96, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.019 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.114 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0009, 39.7401, 12.9805)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA4E #4E5EBA

analogous

#BA744E #BAAA4E #94BA4E

triadic

#BAAA4E #4EBAAA #AA4EBA

tetradic

#BAAA4E #4EBA74 #4E5EBA #BA4E94

square

#BAAA4E #4EBA74 #4E5EBA #BA4E94

split-complementary

#BAAA4E #4E94BA #744EBA

monochromatic

#665D28 #928539 #BAAA4E #CBBF7A #DCD4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAAA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BAAA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA4E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA4E	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.114 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c383',
    500: '#baaa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa4e;
$custom-light: #d1c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73322,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA4E

secondary

#9AA1CA

accent

#67D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA4E

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

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