#BAAB48#BAAB48

#BAAB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.121 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB48
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -6.80, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 52.06, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0225 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.121 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9837, 40.0343, 11.9616)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB48 #4857BA

analogous

#BA7248 #BAAB48 #90BA48

triadic

#BAAB48 #48BAAB #AB48BA

tetradic

#BAAB48 #48BA72 #4857BA #BA4890

square

#BAAB48 #48BA72 #4857BA #BA4890

split-complementary

#BAAB48 #4890BA #7248BA

monochromatic

#625A25 #8F8336 #BAAB48 #CBBF74 #DCD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BAAB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB48

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB48	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.121 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c37f',
    500: '#baab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab48;
$custom-light: #d1c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB48

secondary

#969CC8

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB48

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

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