#BAAC40#BAAC40

#BAAC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC40
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -7.84, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 55.90, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0264 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9291, 40.3158, 10.7387)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC40 #404EBA

analogous

#BA6F40 #BAAC40 #8BBA40

triadic

#BAAC40 #40BAAC #AC40BA

tetradic

#BAAC40 #40BA6F #404EBA #BA408B

square

#BAAC40 #40BA6F #404EBA #BA408B

split-complementary

#BAAC40 #408BBA #6F40BA

monochromatic

#5F5821 #8C8230 #BAAC40 #CCC16B #DCD499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BAAC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC40

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC40	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47a',
    500: '#baac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac40;
$custom-light: #d2c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73606,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC40

secondary

#8E95C8

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC40

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

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