#BAAD49#BAAD49

#BAAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD49
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -7.78, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 52.35, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0251 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3972, 40.8087, 12.2617)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD49 #4956BA

analogous

#BA7449 #BAAD49 #8EBA49

triadic

#BAAD49 #49BAAD #AD49BA

tetradic

#BAAD49 #49BA74 #4956BA #BA498E

square

#BAAD49 #49BA74 #4956BA #BA498E

split-complementary

#BAAD49 #498EBA #7449BA

monochromatic

#635C26 #8F8536 #BAAD49 #CBC175 #DCD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BAAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD49

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD49	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)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c580',
    500: '#baad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad49;
$custom-light: #d1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.12152,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD49

secondary

#969CC8

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD49

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

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