#BAAE42#BAAE42

#BAAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE42
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -8.77, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 55.77, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0288 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(36.3705, 41.1060, 11.1716)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE42 #424EBA

analogous

#BA7242 #BAAE42 #8ABA42

triadic

#BAAE42 #42BAAE #AE42BA

tetradic

#BAAE42 #42BA72 #424EBA #BA428A

square

#BAAE42 #42BA72 #424EBA #BA428A

split-complementary

#BAAE42 #428ABA #7242BA

monochromatic

#605922 #8D8432 #BAAE42 #CBC26E #DBD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BAAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE42

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE42	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)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57c',
    500: '#baae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae42;
$custom-light: #d2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE42

secondary

#9096C8

accent

#5ED751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE42

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

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