#BAAD37#BAAD37

#BAAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD37
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -8.87, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 59.87, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0303 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8844, 40.6036, 9.5608)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD37 #3744BA

analogous

#BA6C37 #BAAD37 #85BA37

triadic

#BAAD37 #37BAAD #AD37BA

tetradic

#BAAD37 #37BA6C #3744BA #BA3785

square

#BAAD37 #37BA6C #3744BA #BA3785

split-complementary

#BAAD37 #3785BA #6C37BA

monochromatic

#5C551B #8B8129 #BAAD37 #D0C45F #DED68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BAAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD37

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD37	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)

#BDA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c575',
    500: '#baad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad37;
$custom-light: #d2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD37

secondary

#858BC8

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD37

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

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