#BAAE30#BAAE30

#BAAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.140 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE30
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -9.73, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 62.77, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0334 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.14 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9208, 40.9261, 8.8031)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE30 #303CBA

analogous

#BA6930 #BAAE30 #81BA30

triadic

#BAAE30 #30BAAE #AE30BA

tetradic

#BAAE30 #30BA69 #303CBA #BA3081

square

#BAAE30 #30BA69 #303CBA #BA3081

split-complementary

#BAAE30 #3081BA #6930BA

monochromatic

#595317 #898023 #BAAE30 #D3C854 #DFD885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BAAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE30

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE30	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)

#BEA817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.140 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c572',
    500: '#baae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae30;
$custom-light: #d2c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE30

secondary

#7D83C9

accent

#53E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE30

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

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