#BAAC79#BAAC79

#BAAC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.070 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAC79
RGB	rgb(186, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 34.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -2.63, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 28.22, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0056 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.07 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4540, 41.3258, 24.0365)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAC79 #7987BA

analogous

#BA8B79 #BAAC79 #A7BA79

triadic

#BAAC79 #79BAAC #AC79BA

tetradic

#BAAC79 #79BA8B #7987BA #BA79A7

square

#BAAC79 #79BA8B #7987BA #BA79A7

split-complementary

#BAAC79 #79A7BA #8B79BA

monochromatic

#7A6D3F #A29154 #BAAC79 #CFC5A1 #E4DECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BAAC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAC79

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAC79	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.070 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc4a0',
    500: '#baac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baac79;
$custom-light: #cfc4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.0701,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAC79

secondary

#BBC0D4

accent

#53AB3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAC79

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

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