#BAAB36#BAAB36

#BAAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.134 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB36
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -7.88, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 59.57, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0275 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.134 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4800, 39.8328, 9.3089)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB36 #3645BA

analogous

#BA6936 #BAAB36 #87BA36

triadic

#BAAB36 #36BAAB #AB36BA

tetradic

#BAAB36 #36BA69 #3645BA #BA3687

square

#BAAB36 #36BA69 #3645BA #BA3687

split-complementary

#BAAB36 #3687BA #6936BA

monochromatic

#5B541A #8B7F28 #BAAB36 #D0C35D #DED58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BAAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB36

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB36	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)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.134 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c374',
    500: '#baab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab36;
$custom-light: #d2c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73309,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB36

secondary

#848BC8

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB36

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

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