#BAAC39#BAAC39

#BAAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC39
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -8.24, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 58.75, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0283 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.133 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7423, 40.2411, 9.7547)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC39 #3947BA

analogous

#BA6B39 #BAAC39 #88BA39

triadic

#BAAC39 #39BAAC #AC39BA

tetradic

#BAAC39 #39BA6B #3947BA #BA3988

square

#BAAC39 #39BA6B #3947BA #BA3988

split-complementary

#BAAC39 #3988BA #6B39BA

monochromatic

#5C551C #8B812B #BAAC39 #CFC361 #DDD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BAAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC39

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c476',
    500: '#baac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac39;
$custom-light: #d2c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73547,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC39

secondary

#878EC8

accent

#5BDC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC39

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

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