#BAAD4E#BAAD4E

#BAAD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD4E
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -7.42, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 50.07, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0235 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5697, 40.8777, 13.1701)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD4E #4E5BBA

analogous

#BA774E #BAAD4E #91BA4E

triadic

#BAAD4E #4EBAAD #AD4EBA

tetradic

#BAAD4E #4EBA77 #4E5BBA #BA4E91

square

#BAAD4E #4EBA77 #4E5BBA #BA4E91

split-complementary

#BAAD4E #4E91BA #774EBA

monochromatic

#665E28 #928739 #BAAD4E #CBC17A #DCD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BAAD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD4E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD4E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c583',
    500: '#baad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad4e;
$custom-light: #d1c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73961,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD4E

secondary

#9AA0CA

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD4E

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

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