#BAAB42#BAAB42

#BAAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB42
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -7.20, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 54.69, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0243 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7974, 39.9598, 10.9806)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB42 #4251BA

analogous

#BA6F42 #BAAB42 #8DBA42

triadic

#BAAB42 #42BAAB #AB42BA

tetradic

#BAAB42 #42BA6F #4251BA #BA428D

square

#BAAB42 #42BA6F #4251BA #BA428D

split-complementary

#BAAB42 #428DBA #6F42BA

monochromatic

#605822 #8D8132 #BAAB42 #CBC06E #DBD39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#BAAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#BAAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB42

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB42	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)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37b',
    500: '#baab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab42;
$custom-light: #d2c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7341,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB42

secondary

#9097C8

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB42

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

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