#BAAC31#BAAC31

#BAAC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC31
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -8.64, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 61.75, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0302 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5582, 40.1674, 8.7852)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC31 #313FBA

analogous

#BA6731 #BAAC31 #83BA31

triadic

#BAAC31 #31BAAC #AC31BA

tetradic

#BAAC31 #31BA67 #313FBA #BA3183

square

#BAAC31 #31BA67 #313FBA #BA3183

split-complementary

#BAAC31 #3183BA #6731BA

monochromatic

#595217 #8A7F24 #BAAC31 #D2C656 #DFD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#BAAC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC31

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c472',
    500: '#baac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac31;
$custom-light: #d2c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC31

secondary

#7E86C9

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC31

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

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