#BAAD2C#BAAD2C

#BAAD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD2C
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -9.38, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 63.80, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0328 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.142 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6495, 40.5096, 8.3237)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD2C #2C39BA

analogous

#BA662C #BAAD2C #80BA2C

triadic

#BAAD2C #2CBAAD #AD2CBA

tetradic

#BAAD2C #2CBA66 #2C39BA #BA2C80

square

#BAAD2C #2CBA66 #2C39BA #BA2C80

split-complementary

#BAAD2C #2C80BA #662CBA

monochromatic

#575115 #897F20 #BAAD2C #D5C94E #E1D880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BAAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD2C

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD2C	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c570',
    500: '#baad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad2c;
$custom-light: #d3c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD2C

secondary

#7880CA

accent

#52E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD2C

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

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