#BAAD4D#BAAD4D

#BAAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD4D
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -7.49, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 50.53, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0238 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5341, 40.8635, 12.9827)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD4D #4D5ABA

analogous

#BA774D #BAAD4D #91BA4D

triadic

#BAAD4D #4DBAAD #AD4DBA

tetradic

#BAAD4D #4DBA77 #4D5ABA #BA4D91

square

#BAAD4D #4DBA77 #4D5ABA #BA4D91

split-complementary

#BAAD4D #4D91BA #774DBA

monochromatic

#655E27 #918738 #BAAD4D #CBC179 #DCD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BAAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD4D

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD4D	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)

#BBA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c582',
    500: '#baad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad4d;
$custom-light: #d1c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD4D

secondary

#999FC9

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD4D

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

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