#BAAC33#BAAC33

#BAAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC33
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -8.55, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 61.03, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0298 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.137 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6013, 40.1847, 9.0125)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC33 #3341BA

analogous

#BA6933 #BAAC33 #85BA33

triadic

#BAAC33 #33BAAC #AC33BA

tetradic

#BAAC33 #33BA69 #3341BA #BA3385

square

#BAAC33 #33BA69 #3341BA #BA3385

split-complementary

#BAAC33 #3385BA #6933BA

monochromatic

#5A5319 #8A8026 #BAAC33 #D1C559 #DFD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BAAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC33

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC33	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c473',
    500: '#baac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac33;
$custom-light: #d2c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC33

secondary

#8088C9

accent

#57E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC33

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

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