#BAAD48#BAAD48

#BAAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD48
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -7.85, 52.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 52.79, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0255 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.3643, 40.7955, 12.0885)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD48 #4855BA

analogous

#BA7448 #BAAD48 #8EBA48

triadic

#BAAD48 #48BAAD #AD48BA

tetradic

#BAAD48 #48BA74 #4855BA #BA488E

square

#BAAD48 #48BA74 #4855BA #BA488E

split-complementary

#BAAD48 #488EBA #7448BA

monochromatic

#625B25 #8F8536 #BAAD48 #CBC174 #DCD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BAAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD48

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD48	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57f',
    500: '#baad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad48;
$custom-light: #d1c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73897,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD48

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD48

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

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