#BAAD38#BAAD38

#BAAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.135 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD38
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -8.82, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 59.48, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.03 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.135 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9086, 40.6133, 9.6883)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD38 #3845BA

analogous

#BA6C38 #BAAD38 #86BA38

triadic

#BAAD38 #38BAAD #AD38BA

tetradic

#BAAD38 #38BA6C #3845BA #BA3886

square

#BAAD38 #38BA6C #3845BA #BA3886

split-complementary

#BAAD38 #3886BA #6C38BA

monochromatic

#5C551C #8B812A #BAAD38 #CFC460 #DDD58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#BAAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD38

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD38	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)

#BDA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.135 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c576',
    500: '#baad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad38;
$custom-light: #d2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.13455,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD38

secondary

#868CC8

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD38

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

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