#BAAD33#BAAD33

#BAAD33 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	#BAAD33
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -9.07, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 61.36, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0312 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7924, 40.5668, 9.0762)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD33 #3340BA

analogous

#BA6A33 #BAAD33 #84BA33

triadic

#BAAD33 #33BAAD #AD33BA

tetradic

#BAAD33 #33BA6A #3340BA #BA3384

square

#BAAD33 #33BA6A #3340BA #BA3384

split-complementary

#BAAD33 #3384BA #6A33BA

monochromatic

#5A5419 #8A8026 #BAAD33 #D1C659 #DFD689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#BAAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD33

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD33	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)

#BDA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#baad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad33;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD33

secondary

#8087C9

accent

#56E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD33

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

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