#BAAC52#BAAC52

#BAAC52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC52
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -6.58, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 47.83, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0207 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5265, 40.5547, 13.8848)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC52 #5260BA

analogous

#BA7852 #BAAC52 #94BA52

triadic

#BAAC52 #52BAAC #AC52BA

tetradic

#BAAC52 #52BA78 #5260BA #BA5294

square

#BAAC52 #52BA78 #5260BA #BA5294

split-complementary

#BAAC52 #5294BA #7852BA

monochromatic

#68602A #94883B #BAAC52 #CBC17E #DDD6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAAC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BAAC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC52

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC52	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c485',
    500: '#baac52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac52;
$custom-light: #d1c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73794,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC52

secondary

#9DA3CA

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC52

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

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