#BAAE33#BAAE33

#BAAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE33
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -9.59, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 61.70, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0327 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9848, 40.9517, 9.1403)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE33 #333FBA

analogous

#BA6B33 #BAAE33 #83BA33

triadic

#BAAE33 #33BAAE #AE33BA

tetradic

#BAAE33 #33BA6B #333FBA #BA3383

square

#BAAE33 #33BA6B #333FBA #BA3383

split-complementary

#BAAE33 #3383BA #6B33BA

monochromatic

#5A5419 #8A8126 #BAAE33 #D1C759 #DFD789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BAAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BAAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE33

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE33	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)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c573',
    500: '#baae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae33;
$custom-light: #d2c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73932,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE33

secondary

#8087C9

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE33

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

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