#BAAD3B#BAAD3B

#BAAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BAAD3B
RGBrgb(186, 173, 59)
HSLhsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSVhsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(69.93, -8.66, 57.65)
CIE-LCHlch(69.93, 58.30, 98.54°)
OKLaboklab(73.78% -0.0292 0.1292)
OKLCHoklch(73.78% 0.132 102.7)
XYZxyz(35.9842, 40.6435, 10.0863)
Luminance0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BAAD3B #3B48BA
analogous
#BA6D3B #BAAD3B #88BA3B
triadic
#BAAD3B #3BBAAD #AD3BBA
tetradic
#BAAD3B #3BBA6D #3B48BA #BA3B88
square
#BAAD3B #3BBA6D #3B48BA #BA3B88
split-complementary
#BAAD3B #3B88BA #6D3BBA
monochromatic
#5D571E #8C822C #BAAD3B #CEC364 #DDD593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#BAAD3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13
#BAAD3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD3B
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BAAD3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BAAD3B1.002.309.139.13
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1321.001.001.00
##0000009.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA82B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AE42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C8A196
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #baad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 102.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c577',
    500: '#baad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #baad3b;
$custom-light: #d2c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#baad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BAAD3B
secondary
#898FC8
accent
#5BDB4D
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8EE
border
#D3D1C9
text
#151209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD3B

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

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#BAAD3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva