#BAAD31#BAAD31

#BAAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.139 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD31
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -9.16, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 62.08, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0317 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.139 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7492, 40.5495, 8.8489)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD31 #313EBA

analogous

#BA6831 #BAAD31 #82BA31

triadic

#BAAD31 #31BAAD #AD31BA

tetradic

#BAAD31 #31BA68 #313EBA #BA3182

square

#BAAD31 #31BA68 #313EBA #BA3182

split-complementary

#BAAD31 #3182BA #6831BA

monochromatic

#595317 #8A8024 #BAAD31 #D2C756 #DFD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BAAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BAAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD31

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD31	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)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.139 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c572',
    500: '#baad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad31;
$custom-light: #d2c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.307,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD31

secondary

#7E85C9

accent

#55E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD31

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

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