#BAAC37#BAAC37

#BAAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.134 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC37
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -8.35, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 59.52, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0288 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.134 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6934, 40.2215, 9.4971)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC37 #3745BA

analogous

#BA6B37 #BAAC37 #86BA37

triadic

#BAAC37 #37BAAC #AC37BA

tetradic

#BAAC37 #37BA6B #3745BA #BA3786

square

#BAAC37 #37BA6B #3745BA #BA3786

split-complementary

#BAAC37 #3786BA #6B37BA

monochromatic

#5C551B #8B8029 #BAAC37 #D0C45F #DED58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BAAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC37

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.134 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c475',
    500: '#baac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac37;
$custom-light: #d2c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC37

secondary

#858CC8

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC37

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

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