#BAAE36#BAAE36

#BAAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE36
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -9.44, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 60.59, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.032 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0531, 40.9790, 9.5000)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE36 #3642BA

analogous

#BA6C36 #BAAE36 #84BA36

triadic

#BAAE36 #36BAAE #AE36BA

tetradic

#BAAE36 #36BA6C #3642BA #BA3684

square

#BAAE36 #36BA6C #3642BA #BA3684

split-complementary

#BAAE36 #3684BA #6C36BA

monochromatic

#5B551A #8B8228 #BAAE36 #D0C65D #DED68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BAAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE36

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE36	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c575',
    500: '#baae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae36;
$custom-light: #d2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE36

secondary

#848AC8

accent

#57DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE36

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

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