#BAAB41#BAAB41

#BAAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB41
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -7.26, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 55.12, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0246 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7682, 39.9481, 10.8267)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB41 #4150BA

analogous

#BA6F41 #BAAB41 #8DBA41

triadic

#BAAB41 #41BAAB #AB41BA

tetradic

#BAAB41 #41BA6F #4150BA #BA418D

square

#BAAB41 #41BA6F #4150BA #BA418D

split-complementary

#BAAB41 #418DBA #6F41BA

monochromatic

#5F5821 #8D8131 #BAAB41 #CCC06C #DCD39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BAAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB41

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB41	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)

#BAA634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37b',
    500: '#baab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab41;
$custom-light: #d2c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB41

secondary

#8F96C8

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB41

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

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