#BAAD50#BAAD50

#BAAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAD50
RGB	rgb(186, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 57%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -7.26, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 49.15, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0228 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6425, 40.9068, 13.5535)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAD50 #505DBA

analogous

#BA7850 #BAAD50 #92BA50

triadic

#BAAD50 #50BAAD #AD50BA

tetradic

#BAAD50 #50BA78 #505DBA #BA5092

square

#BAAD50 #50BA78 #505DBA #BA5092

split-complementary

#BAAD50 #5092BA #7850BA

monochromatic

#675F29 #93883A #BAAD50 #CBC27C #DDD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BAAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAD50

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAD50	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)

#BBA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c584',
    500: '#baad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baad50;
$custom-light: #d1c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 43.443,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73984,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAD50

secondary

#9CA1CA

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAD50

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

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