#BAAB4E#BAAB4E

#BAAB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB4E
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -6.36, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 49.33, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0205 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1891, 40.1164, 13.0432)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB4E #4E5DBA

analogous

#BA754E #BAAB4E #93BA4E

triadic

#BAAB4E #4EBAAB #AB4EBA

tetradic

#BAAB4E #4EBA75 #4E5DBA #BA4E93

square

#BAAB4E #4EBA75 #4E5DBA #BA4E93

split-complementary

#BAAB4E #4E93BA #754EBA

monochromatic

#665D28 #928639 #BAAB4E #CBC07A #DCD5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#BAAB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#BAAB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB4E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB4E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c383',
    500: '#baab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab4e;
$custom-light: #d1c383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB4E

secondary

#9AA1CA

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB4E

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

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