#BAAE32#BAAE32

#BAAE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.139 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE32
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -9.64, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 62.06, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0329 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.139 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9630, 40.9430, 9.0254)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE32 #323EBA

analogous

#BA6A32 #BAAE32 #82BA32

triadic

#BAAE32 #32BAAE #AE32BA

tetradic

#BAAE32 #32BA6A #323EBA #BA3282

square

#BAAE32 #32BA6A #323EBA #BA3282

split-complementary

#BAAE32 #3282BA #6A32BA

monochromatic

#5A5418 #8A8125 #BAAE32 #D2C757 #DFD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BAAE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE32

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE32	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)

#BEA81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.139 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#baae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae32;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73925,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE32

secondary

#7F86C9

accent

#55E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE32

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

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