#BAAB40#BAAB40

#BAAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB40
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -7.32, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 55.54, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0249 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7395, 39.9366, 10.6755)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB40 #404FBA

analogous

#BA6E40 #BAAB40 #8CBA40

triadic

#BAAB40 #40BAAB #AB40BA

tetradic

#BAAB40 #40BA6E #404FBA #BA408C

square

#BAAB40 #40BA6E #404FBA #BA408C

split-complementary

#BAAB40 #408CBA #6E40BA

monochromatic

#5F5721 #8C8130 #BAAB40 #CCC06B #DCD499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BAAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB40

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB40	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37a',
    500: '#baab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab40;
$custom-light: #d2c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73392,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB40

secondary

#8E95C8

accent

#60D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB40

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

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