#BAAB3E#BAAB3E

#BAAB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB3E
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -7.44, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 56.38, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0254 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6836, 39.9142, 10.3811)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB3E #3E4DBA

analogous

#BA6D3E #BAAB3E #8BBA3E

triadic

#BAAB3E #3EBAAB #AB3EBA

tetradic

#BAAB3E #3EBA6D #3E4DBA #BA3E8B

square

#BAAB3E #3EBA6D #3E4DBA #BA3E8B

split-complementary

#BAAB3E #3E8BBA #6D3EBA

monochromatic

#5E571F #8C812F #BAAB3E #CDC168 #DCD496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#BAAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB3E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB3E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c379',
    500: '#baab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab3e;
$custom-light: #d2c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB3E

secondary

#8C93C8

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB3E

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

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