#BAAC36#BAAC36

#BAAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC36
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -8.40, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 59.91, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.029 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6696, 40.2120, 9.3721)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC36 #3644BA

analogous

#BA6A36 #BAAC36 #86BA36

triadic

#BAAC36 #36BAAC #AC36BA

tetradic

#BAAC36 #36BA6A #3644BA #BA3686

square

#BAAC36 #36BA6A #3644BA #BA3686

split-complementary

#BAAC36 #3686BA #6A36BA

monochromatic

#5B541A #8B8028 #BAAC36 #D0C45D #DED58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BAAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC36

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC36	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)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c475',
    500: '#baac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac36;
$custom-light: #d2c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73524,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC36

secondary

#848BC8

accent

#59DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC36

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

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