#BAAA53#BAAA53

#BAAA53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA53
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -5.44, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 46.60, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0173 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1870, 39.8145, 13.9608)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA53 #5363BA

analogous

#BA7753 #BAAA53 #96BA53

triadic

#BAAA53 #53BAAA #AA53BA

tetradic

#BAAA53 #53BA77 #5363BA #BA5396

square

#BAAA53 #53BA77 #5363BA #BA5396

split-complementary

#BAAA53 #5396BA #7753BA

monochromatic

#695F2A #94873B #BAAA53 #CCC07F #DDD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BAAA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA53

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA53	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)

#B8A64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c386',
    500: '#baaa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa53;
$custom-light: #d1c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA53

secondary

#9EA5CB

accent

#69D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA53

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

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