#BAAB35#BAAB35

#BAAB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB35
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -7.93, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 59.95, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0278 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4568, 39.8235, 9.1865)
Luminance	0.3982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB35 #3544BA

analogous

#BA6935 #BAAB35 #87BA35

triadic

#BAAB35 #35BAAB #AB35BA

tetradic

#BAAB35 #35BA69 #3544BA #BA3587

square

#BAAB35 #35BA69 #3544BA #BA3587

split-complementary

#BAAB35 #3587BA #6935BA

monochromatic

#5B531A #8A7F27 #BAAB35 #D0C35C #DED58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#BAAB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB35

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c374',
    500: '#baab35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab35;
$custom-light: #d2c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73302,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB35

secondary

#828AC8

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB35

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

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