#BAAA57#BAAA57

#BAAA57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA57
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -5.11, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 44.68, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0159 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3459, 39.8781, 14.7977)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA57 #5767BA

analogous

#BA7857 #BAAA57 #98BA57

triadic

#BAAA57 #57BAAA #AA57BA

tetradic

#BAAA57 #57BA78 #5767BA #BA5798

square

#BAAA57 #57BA78 #5767BA #BA5798

split-complementary

#BAAA57 #5798BA #7857BA

monochromatic

#6B612C #96883E #BAAA57 #CCC082 #DED6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BAAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA57

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA57	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c388',
    500: '#baaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa57;
$custom-light: #d1c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA57

secondary

#A1A8CC

accent

#6AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA57

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

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