#BAAD4A#BAAD4A

#BAAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD4A
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 60.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -7.71, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 51.90, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0248 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4306, 40.8221, 12.4377)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD4A #4A57BA

analogous

#BA754A #BAAD4A #8FBA4A

triadic

#BAAD4A #4ABAAD #AD4ABA

tetradic

#BAAD4A #4ABA75 #4A57BA #BA4A8F

square

#BAAD4A #4ABA75 #4A57BA #BA4A8F

split-complementary

#BAAD4A #4A8FBA #754ABA

monochromatic

#645C26 #908637 #BAAD4A #CBC176 #DCD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BAAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD4A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c580',
    500: '#baad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad4a;
$custom-light: #d1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73917,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD4A

secondary

#979DC9

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD4A

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

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