#BAAB3C#BAAB3C

#BAAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB3C
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -7.55, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 57.20, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.026 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6297, 39.8927, 10.0974)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB3C #3C4BBA

analogous

#BA6C3C #BAAB3C #8ABA3C

triadic

#BAAB3C #3CBAAB #AB3CBA

tetradic

#BAAB3C #3CBA6C #3C4BBA #BA3C8A

square

#BAAB3C #3CBA6C #3C4BBA #BA3C8A

split-complementary

#BAAB3C #3C8ABA #6C3CBA

monochromatic

#5D561E #8C802D #BAAB3C #CEC166 #DCD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BAAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB3C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB3C	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)

#BBA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c378',
    500: '#baab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab3c;
$custom-light: #d2c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73357,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB3C

secondary

#8A91C8

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB3C

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

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