#BAAB39#BAAB39

#BAAB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB39
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -7.72, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 58.41, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0268 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5527, 39.8619, 9.6915)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB39 #3948BA

analogous

#BA6A39 #BAAB39 #89BA39

triadic

#BAAB39 #39BAAB #AB39BA

tetradic

#BAAB39 #39BA6A #3948BA #BA3989

square

#BAAB39 #39BA6A #3948BA #BA3989

split-complementary

#BAAB39 #3989BA #6A39BA

monochromatic

#5C551C #8B802B #BAAB39 #CFC261 #DDD490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#BAAB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB39

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB39	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)

#BBA628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c376',
    500: '#baab39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab39;
$custom-light: #d2c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB39

secondary

#878EC8

accent

#5CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB39

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

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