#BAAB44#BAAB44

#BAAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB44
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -7.07, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 53.83, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0237 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(35.8574, 39.9838, 11.2966)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB44 #4453BA

analogous

#BA7044 #BAAB44 #8EBA44

triadic

#BAAB44 #44BAAB #AB44BA

tetradic

#BAAB44 #44BA70 #4453BA #BA448E

square

#BAAB44 #44BA70 #4453BA #BA448E

split-complementary

#BAAB44 #448EBA #7044BA

monochromatic

#605923 #8D8234 #BAAB44 #CBBF70 #DBD39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BAAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB44

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB44	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C89F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37c',
    500: '#baab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab44;
$custom-light: #d2c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73429,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.39982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB44

secondary

#9299C8

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB44

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

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