#BAAA51#BAAA51

#BAAA51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA51
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -5.60, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 47.55, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.018 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.112 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1109, 39.7841, 13.5599)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA51 #5161BA

analogous

#BA7551 #BAAA51 #96BA51

triadic

#BAAA51 #51BAAA #AA51BA

tetradic

#BAAA51 #51BA75 #5161BA #BA5196

square

#BAAA51 #51BA75 #5161BA #BA5196

split-complementary

#BAAA51 #5196BA #7551BA

monochromatic

#685E29 #93863A #BAAA51 #CBBF7D #DDD5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BAAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA51

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA51	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c385',
    500: '#baaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa51;
$custom-light: #d1c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA51

secondary

#9DA4CA

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA51

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

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