#BAAC49#BAAC49

#BAAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC49
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -7.26, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 51.98, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0236 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2062, 40.4266, 12.1980)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC49 #4957BA

analogous

#BA7349 #BAAC49 #90BA49

triadic

#BAAC49 #49BAAC #AC49BA

tetradic

#BAAC49 #49BA73 #4957BA #BA4990

square

#BAAC49 #49BA73 #4957BA #BA4990

split-complementary

#BAAC49 #4990BA #7349BA

monochromatic

#635B26 #8F8436 #BAAC49 #CBC075 #DCD4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BAAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC49

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC49	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c480',
    500: '#baac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac49;
$custom-light: #d1c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC49

secondary

#969DC8

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC49

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

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