#BAAB46#BAAB46

#BAAB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB46
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -6.94, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 52.95, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0231 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9195, 40.0086, 11.6235)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB46 #4655BA

analogous

#BA7146 #BAAB46 #8FBA46

triadic

#BAAB46 #46BAAB #AB46BA

tetradic

#BAAB46 #46BA71 #4655BA #BA468F

square

#BAAB46 #46BA71 #4655BA #BA468F

split-complementary

#BAAB46 #468FBA #7146BA

monochromatic

#615924 #8E8235 #BAAB46 #CBBF73 #DBD39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#BAAB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB46

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB46	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)

#BAA63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c37e',
    500: '#baab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab46;
$custom-light: #d2c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73449,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB46

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#63D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB46

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

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