#BAAD4B#BAAD4B

#BAAD4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD4B
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -7.64, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 51.45, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0245 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4646, 40.8356, 12.6165)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD4B #4B58BA

analogous

#BA754B #BAAD4B #8FBA4B

triadic

#BAAD4B #4BBAAD #AD4BBA

tetradic

#BAAD4B #4BBA75 #4B58BA #BA4B8F

square

#BAAD4B #4BBA75 #4B58BA #BA4B8F

split-complementary

#BAAD4B #4B8FBA #754BBA

monochromatic

#645D26 #908637 #BAAD4B #CBC177 #DCD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BAAD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD4B

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD4B	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c581',
    500: '#baad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad4b;
$custom-light: #d1c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD4B

secondary

#989EC9

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD4B

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

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