#BAAA55#BAAA55

#BAAA55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA55
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -5.28, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 45.64, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0166 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.108 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2654, 39.8459, 14.3733)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA55 #5565BA

analogous

#BA7755 #BAAA55 #97BA55

triadic

#BAAA55 #55BAAA #AA55BA

tetradic

#BAAA55 #55BA77 #5565BA #BA5597

square

#BAAA55 #55BA77 #5565BA #BA5597

split-complementary

#BAAA55 #5597BA #7755BA

monochromatic

#6A602B #95873D #BAAA55 #CCC081 #DDD6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BAAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA55

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA55	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c387',
    500: '#baaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa55;
$custom-light: #d1c387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.495,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA55

secondary

#A0A7CB

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA55

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

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