#BAAB52#BAAB52

#BAAB52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.112 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB52
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -6.05, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 47.45, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0191 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.112 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3369, 40.1755, 13.8216)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB52 #5261BA

analogous

#BA7752 #BAAB52 #95BA52

triadic

#BAAB52 #52BAAB #AB52BA

tetradic

#BAAB52 #52BA77 #5261BA #BA5295

square

#BAAB52 #52BA77 #5261BA #BA5295

split-complementary

#BAAB52 #5295BA #7752BA

monochromatic

#685F2A #94873B #BAAB52 #CBC07E #DDD5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BAAB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB52

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB52	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.112 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c385',
    500: '#baab52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab52;
$custom-light: #d1c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73581,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB52

secondary

#9DA4CA

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB52

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

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