#BAAD3E#BAAD3E

#BAAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD3E
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -8.49, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 57.08, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0284 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.13 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0642, 40.6755, 10.5080)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD3E #3E4BBA

analogous

#BA6F3E #BAAD3E #89BA3E

triadic

#BAAD3E #3EBAAD #AD3EBA

tetradic

#BAAD3E #3EBA6F #3E4BBA #BA3E89

square

#BAAD3E #3EBA6F #3E4BBA #BA3E89

split-complementary

#BAAD3E #3E89BA #6F3EBA

monochromatic

#5E581F #8C822F #BAAD3E #CDC268 #DCD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#BAAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD3E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD3E	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)

#BCA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c579',
    500: '#baad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad3e;
$custom-light: #d2c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD3E

secondary

#8C92C8

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD3E

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

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