#BAAB3B#BAAB3B

#BAAB3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB3B
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -7.61, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 57.61, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0263 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6035, 39.8822, 9.9595)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB3B #3B4ABA

analogous

#BA6B3B #BAAB3B #8ABA3B

triadic

#BAAB3B #3BBAAB #AB3BBA

tetradic

#BAAB3B #3BBA6B #3B4ABA #BA3B8A

square

#BAAB3B #3BBA6B #3B4ABA #BA3B8A

split-complementary

#BAAB3B #3B8ABA #6B3BBA

monochromatic

#5D561E #8C802C #BAAB3B #CEC164 #DDD493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BAAB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB3B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB3B	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c377',
    500: '#baab3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab3b;
$custom-light: #d2c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB3B

secondary

#8990C8

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB3B

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

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