#BAAD44#BAAD44

#BAAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD44
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 63.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -8.12, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 54.55, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0267 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2381, 40.7450, 11.4235)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD44 #4451BA

analogous

#BA7244 #BAAD44 #8CBA44

triadic

#BAAD44 #44BAAD #AD44BA

tetradic

#BAAD44 #44BA72 #4451BA #BA448C

square

#BAAD44 #44BA72 #4451BA #BA448C

split-complementary

#BAAD44 #448CBA #7244BA

monochromatic

#605A23 #8D8334 #BAAD44 #CBC170 #DBD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BAAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BAAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD44

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD44	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#baad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad44;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD44

secondary

#9298C8

accent

#60D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD44

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

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