#BAAD32#BAAD32

#BAAD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD32
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -9.11, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 61.72, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0315 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7706, 40.5580, 8.9613)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD32 #323FBA

analogous

#BA6932 #BAAD32 #83BA32

triadic

#BAAD32 #32BAAD #AD32BA

tetradic

#BAAD32 #32BA69 #323FBA #BA3283

square

#BAAD32 #32BA69 #323FBA #BA3283

split-complementary

#BAAD32 #3283BA #6932BA

monochromatic

#5A5318 #8A8025 #BAAD32 #D2C657 #DFD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BAAD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD32

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD32	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#baad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad32;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7371,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD32

secondary

#7F86C9

accent

#56E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD32

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

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