#BAAB56#BAAB56

#BAAB56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAB56
RGB	rgb(186, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -5.72, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 45.54, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0177 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4935, 40.2382, 14.6467)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAB56 #5665BA

analogous

#BA7956 #BAAB56 #97BA56

triadic

#BAAB56 #56BAAB #AB56BA

tetradic

#BAAB56 #56BA79 #5665BA #BA5697

square

#BAAB56 #56BA79 #5665BA #BA5697

split-complementary

#BAAB56 #5697BA #7956BA

monochromatic

#6A612B #96883D #BAAB56 #CCC181 #DDD6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BAAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAB56

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAB56	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c388',
    500: '#baab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baab56;
$custom-light: #d1c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.10773,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAB56

secondary

#A0A7CB

accent

#69D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAB56

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

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