#BAAC3C#BAAC3C

#BAAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC3C
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -8.08, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 57.55, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0275 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8193, 40.2719, 10.1606)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC3C #3C4ABA

analogous

#BA6D3C #BAAC3C #89BA3C

triadic

#BAAC3C #3CBAAC #AC3CBA

tetradic

#BAAC3C #3CBA6D #3C4ABA #BA3C89

square

#BAAC3C #3CBA6D #3C4ABA #BA3C89

split-complementary

#BAAC3C #3C89BA #6D3CBA

monochromatic

#5D561E #8C812D #BAAC3C #CEC266 #DCD494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BAAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC3C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC3C	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)

#BBA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c478',
    500: '#baac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac3c;
$custom-light: #d2c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73571,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC3C

secondary

#8A91C8

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC3C

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

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