#BAAC38#BAAC38

#BAAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC38
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -8.30, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 59.14, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0285 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7176, 40.2312, 9.6246)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC38 #3846BA

analogous

#BA6B38 #BAAC38 #87BA38

triadic

#BAAC38 #38BAAC #AC38BA

tetradic

#BAAC38 #38BA6B #3846BA #BA3887

square

#BAAC38 #38BA6B #3846BA #BA3887

split-complementary

#BAAC38 #3887BA #6B38BA

monochromatic

#5C551C #8B812A #BAAC38 #CFC360 #DDD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BAAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC38

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC38	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c476',
    500: '#baac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac38;
$custom-light: #d2c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC38

secondary

#868DC8

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC38

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

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