#BAAC42#BAAC42

#BAAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC42
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -7.72, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 55.05, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0258 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9870, 40.3390, 11.0438)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC42 #4250BA

analogous

#BA7042 #BAAC42 #8CBA42

triadic

#BAAC42 #42BAAC #AC42BA

tetradic

#BAAC42 #42BA70 #4250BA #BA428C

square

#BAAC42 #42BA70 #4250BA #BA428C

split-complementary

#BAAC42 #428CBA #7042BA

monochromatic

#605822 #8D8232 #BAAC42 #CBC16E #DBD49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BAAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BAAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC42

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC42	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c47b',
    500: '#baac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac42;
$custom-light: #d2c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC42

secondary

#9097C8

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC42

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

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