#BAAA79#BAAA79

#BAAA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.068 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAA79
RGB	rgb(186, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 34.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -1.56, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 27.44, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0025 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.068 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0762, 40.5702, 23.9106)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAA79 #7989BA

analogous

#BA8979 #BAAA79 #A9BA79

triadic

#BAAA79 #79BAAA #AA79BA

tetradic

#BAAA79 #79BA89 #7989BA #BA79A9

square

#BAAA79 #79BA89 #7989BA #BA79A9

split-complementary

#BAAA79 #79A9BA #8979BA

monochromatic

#7A6B3F #A28F54 #BAAA79 #CFC4A1 #E4DDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BAAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAA79

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAA79	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.068 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc3a0',
    500: '#baaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaa79;
$custom-light: #cfc3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7398,
    "c": 0.06827,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAA79

secondary

#BBC1D4

accent

#56AB3B

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAA79

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

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