#BAAE31#BAAE31

#BAAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.140 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE31
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -9.68, 61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 62.42, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0332 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.14 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9417, 40.9344, 8.9131)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE31 #313DBA

analogous

#BA6A31 #BAAE31 #81BA31

triadic

#BAAE31 #31BAAE #AE31BA

tetradic

#BAAE31 #31BA6A #313DBA #BA3181

square

#BAAE31 #31BA6A #313DBA #BA3181

split-complementary

#BAAE31 #3181BA #6A31BA

monochromatic

#595317 #8A8124 #BAAE31 #D2C856 #DFD786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BAAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE31

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE31	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.140 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c572',
    500: '#baae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae31;
$custom-light: #d2c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE31

secondary

#7E85C9

accent

#54E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE31

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

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