#BAAE35#BAAE35

#BAAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE35
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -9.49, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 60.96, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0322 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.137 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0299, 40.9697, 9.3776)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE35 #3541BA

analogous

#BA6B35 #BAAE35 #84BA35

triadic

#BAAE35 #35BAAE #AE35BA

tetradic

#BAAE35 #35BA6B #3541BA #BA3584

square

#BAAE35 #35BA6B #3541BA #BA3584

split-complementary

#BAAE35 #3584BA #6B35BA

monochromatic

#5B551A #8A8127 #BAAE35 #D0C65C #DED78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BAAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE35

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE35	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c574',
    500: '#baae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae35;
$custom-light: #d2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73946,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE35

secondary

#8289C8

accent

#56DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE35

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

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