#BAAE3E#BAAE3E

#BAAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE3E
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -9.01, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 57.44, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0299 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2567, 41.0604, 10.5721)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE3E #3E4ABA

analogous

#BA703E #BAAE3E #88BA3E

triadic

#BAAE3E #3EBAAE #AE3EBA

tetradic

#BAAE3E #3EBA70 #3E4ABA #BA3E88

square

#BAAE3E #3EBA70 #3E4ABA #BA3E88

split-complementary

#BAAE3E #3E88BA #703EBA

monochromatic

#5E581F #8C832F #BAAE3E #CDC368 #DCD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BAAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE3E

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE3E	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)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c579',
    500: '#baae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae3e;
$custom-light: #d2c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74017,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE3E

secondary

#8C92C8

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE3E

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

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