#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
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -8.66, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 58.30, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0292 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9842, 40.6435, 10.0863)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BAAD3B	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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