#BAAC55#BAAC55

#BAAC55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC55
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -6.34, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 46.40, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0196 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6431, 40.6014, 14.4992)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC55 #5563BA

analogous

#BA7955 #BAAC55 #95BA55

triadic

#BAAC55 #55BAAC #AC55BA

tetradic

#BAAC55 #55BA79 #5563BA #BA5595

square

#BAAC55 #55BA79 #5563BA #BA5595

split-complementary

#BAAC55 #5595BA #7955BA

monochromatic

#6A612B #95893D #BAAC55 #CCC181 #DDD7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BAAC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC55

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC55	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c487',
    500: '#baac55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac55;
$custom-light: #d1c487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC55

secondary

#A0A6CB

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC55

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

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