#BAAD45#BAAD45

#BAAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD45
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -8.05, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 54.12, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0264 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2688, 40.7573, 11.5856)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD45 #4552BA

analogous

#BA7245 #BAAD45 #8DBA45

triadic

#BAAD45 #45BAAD #AD45BA

tetradic

#BAAD45 #45BA72 #4552BA #BA458D

square

#BAAD45 #45BA72 #4552BA #BA458D

split-complementary

#BAAD45 #458DBA #7245BA

monochromatic

#615A24 #8D8334 #BAAD45 #CBC172 #DBD49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#BAAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD45

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD45	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#baad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad45;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD45

secondary

#9399C8

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD45

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

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