#BAAE3D#BAAE3D

#BAAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE3D
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -9.07, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 57.85, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0302 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2295, 41.0496, 10.4289)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE3D #3D49BA

analogous

#BA6F3D #BAAE3D #87BA3D

triadic

#BAAE3D #3DBAAE #AE3DBA

tetradic

#BAAE3D #3DBA6F #3D49BA #BA3D87

square

#BAAE3D #3DBA6F #3D49BA #BA3D87

split-complementary

#BAAE3D #3D87BA #6F3DBA

monochromatic

#5E581F #8C832E #BAAE3D #CDC367 #DCD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BAAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE3D

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c579',
    500: '#baae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae3d;
$custom-light: #d2c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE3D

secondary

#8B91C8

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE3D

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

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