#BAAA52#BAAA52

#BAAA52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.111 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA52
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -5.52, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 47.08, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0176 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.111 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1487, 39.7992, 13.7589)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA52 #5262BA

analogous

#BA7652 #BAAA52 #96BA52

triadic

#BAAA52 #52BAAA #AA52BA

tetradic

#BAAA52 #52BA76 #5262BA #BA5296

square

#BAAA52 #52BA76 #5262BA #BA5296

split-complementary

#BAAA52 #5296BA #7652BA

monochromatic

#685E2A #94863B #BAAA52 #CBBF7E #DDD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BAAA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA52

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA52	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)

#B8A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.111 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c385',
    500: '#baaa52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa52;
$custom-light: #d1c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.11066,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA52

secondary

#9DA4CA

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA52

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

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