#BAAE38#BAAE38

#BAAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE38
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -9.34, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 59.83, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0315 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1011, 40.9982, 9.7524)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE38 #3844BA

analogous

#BA6D38 #BAAE38 #85BA38

triadic

#BAAE38 #38BAAE #AE38BA

tetradic

#BAAE38 #38BA6D #3844BA #BA3885

square

#BAAE38 #38BA6D #3844BA #BA3885

split-complementary

#BAAE38 #3885BA #6D38BA

monochromatic

#5C561C #8B822A #BAAE38 #CFC560 #DDD68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BAAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE38

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE38	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)

#BEA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c576',
    500: '#baae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae38;
$custom-light: #d2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.13544,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE38

secondary

#868CC8

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE38

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

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