#BAAD36#BAAD36

#BAAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD36
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -8.92, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 60.25, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0305 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.136 103)
XYZ	xyz(35.8607, 40.5941, 9.4358)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD36 #3643BA

analogous

#BA6B36 #BAAD36 #85BA36

triadic

#BAAD36 #36BAAD #AD36BA

tetradic

#BAAD36 #36BA6B #3643BA #BA3685

square

#BAAD36 #36BA6B #3643BA #BA3685

split-complementary

#BAAD36 #3685BA #6B36BA

monochromatic

#5B551A #8B8128 #BAAD36 #D0C55D #DED68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BAAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD36

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD36	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c575',
    500: '#baad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad36;
$custom-light: #d2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73738,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.40593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD36

secondary

#848AC8

accent

#58DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD36

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

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