#BAAD40#BAAD40

#BAAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.129 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD40
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -8.37, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 56.25, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0278 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.129 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1201, 40.6979, 10.8023)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD40 #404DBA

analogous

#BA7040 #BAAD40 #8ABA40

triadic

#BAAD40 #40BAAD #AD40BA

tetradic

#BAAD40 #40BA70 #404DBA #BA408A

square

#BAAD40 #40BA70 #404DBA #BA408A

split-complementary

#BAAD40 #408ABA #7040BA

monochromatic

#5F5821 #8C8330 #BAAD40 #CCC26B #DCD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BAAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD40

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD40	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.129 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57a',
    500: '#baad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad40;
$custom-light: #d2c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD40

secondary

#8E94C8

accent

#5ED84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD40

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

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