#BAAB2C#BAAB2C

#BAAB2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.140 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB2C
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -8.33, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 63.16, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0298 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.14 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2689, 39.7483, 8.1968)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB2C #2C3BBA

analogous

#BA642C #BAAB2C #82BA2C

triadic

#BAAB2C #2CBAAB #AB2CBA

tetradic

#BAAB2C #2CBA64 #2C3BBA #BA2C82

square

#BAAB2C #2CBA64 #2C3BBA #BA2C82

split-complementary

#BAAB2C #2C82BA #642CBA

monochromatic

#575015 #897D20 #BAAB2C #D5C74E #E1D780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#BAAB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#BAAB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB2C

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB2C	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.140 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c36f',
    500: '#baab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab2c;
$custom-light: #d3c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB2C

secondary

#7881CA

accent

#54E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB2C

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

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