#BAAE37#BAAE37

#BAAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE37
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -9.39, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 60.21, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0317 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0769, 40.9885, 9.6249)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE37 #3743BA

analogous

#BA6D37 #BAAE37 #84BA37

triadic

#BAAE37 #37BAAE #AE37BA

tetradic

#BAAE37 #37BA6D #3743BA #BA3784

square

#BAAE37 #37BA6D #3743BA #BA3784

split-complementary

#BAAE37 #3784BA #6D37BA

monochromatic

#5C561B #8B8229 #BAAE37 #D0C55F #DED68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BAAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE37

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE37	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)

#BEA824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c575',
    500: '#baae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae37;
$custom-light: #d2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73961,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE37

secondary

#858BC8

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE37

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

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