#BAAE39#BAAE39

#BAAE39 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	#BAAE39
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -9.29, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 59.44, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0312 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1258, 41.0081, 9.8825)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE39 #3945BA

analogous

#BA6E39 #BAAE39 #85BA39

triadic

#BAAE39 #39BAAE #AE39BA

tetradic

#BAAE39 #39BA6E #3945BA #BA3985

square

#BAAE39 #39BA6E #3945BA #BA3985

split-complementary

#BAAE39 #3985BA #6E39BA

monochromatic

#5C561C #8B822B #BAAE39 #CFC561 #DDD690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BAAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE39

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE39	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)

#BEA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c576',
    500: '#baae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae39;
$custom-light: #d2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE39

secondary

#878DC8

accent

#59DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE39

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

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