#BAAE40#BAAE40

#BAAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE40
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -8.89, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 56.61, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0293 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3126, 41.0828, 10.8665)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE40 #404CBA

analogous

#BA7140 #BAAE40 #89BA40

triadic

#BAAE40 #40BAAE #AE40BA

tetradic

#BAAE40 #40BA71 #404CBA #BA4089

square

#BAAE40 #40BA71 #404CBA #BA4089

split-complementary

#BAAE40 #4089BA #7140BA

monochromatic

#5F5921 #8C8330 #BAAE40 #CCC36B #DCD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BAAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE40

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE40	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57a',
    500: '#baae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae40;
$custom-light: #d2c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74035,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE40

secondary

#8E94C8

accent

#5DD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE40

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

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