#BAAD3C#BAAD3C

#BAAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; 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	#BAAD3C
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -8.60, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 57.90, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.029 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0104, 40.6540, 10.2243)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD3C #3C49BA

analogous

#BA6E3C #BAAD3C #88BA3C

triadic

#BAAD3C #3CBAAD #AD3CBA

tetradic

#BAAD3C #3CBA6E #3C49BA #BA3C88

square

#BAAD3C #3CBA6E #3C49BA #BA3C88

split-complementary

#BAAD3C #3C88BA #6E3CBA

monochromatic

#5D571E #8C822D #BAAD3C #CEC366 #DCD594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BAAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD3C

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD3C	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)

#BCA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c578',
    500: '#baad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad3c;
$custom-light: #d2c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73785,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD3C

secondary

#8A90C8

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD3C

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

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