#BAAB49#BAAB49

#BAAB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB49
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -6.73, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 51.61, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0221 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0166, 40.0474, 12.1348)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB49 #4958BA

analogous

#BA7249 #BAAB49 #91BA49

triadic

#BAAB49 #49BAAB #AB49BA

tetradic

#BAAB49 #49BA72 #4958BA #BA4991

square

#BAAB49 #49BA72 #4958BA #BA4991

split-complementary

#BAAB49 #4991BA #7249BA

monochromatic

#635B26 #8F8436 #BAAB49 #CBBF75 #DCD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#BAAB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB49

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB49	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)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c380',
    500: '#baab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab49;
$custom-light: #d1c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7348,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB49

secondary

#969DC8

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB49

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

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