#BAAE3B#BAAE3B

#BAAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE3B
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -9.18, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 58.65, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0307 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1767, 41.0284, 10.1505)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE3B #3B47BA

analogous

#BA6F3B #BAAE3B #86BA3B

triadic

#BAAE3B #3BBAAE #AE3BBA

tetradic

#BAAE3B #3BBA6F #3B47BA #BA3B86

square

#BAAE3B #3BBA6F #3B47BA #BA3B86

split-complementary

#BAAE3B #3B86BA #6F3BBA

monochromatic

#5D571E #8C832C #BAAE3B #CEC464 #DDD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BAAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE3B

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE3B	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c578',
    500: '#baae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae3b;
$custom-light: #d2c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73992,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE3B

secondary

#898FC8

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE3B

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

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