#BAAE44#BAAE44

#BAAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE44
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -8.64, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 54.92, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0282 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4305, 41.1300, 11.4876)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE44 #4450BA

analogous

#BA7344 #BAAE44 #8BBA44

triadic

#BAAE44 #44BAAE #AE44BA

tetradic

#BAAE44 #44BA73 #4450BA #BA448B

square

#BAAE44 #44BA73 #4450BA #BA448B

split-complementary

#BAAE44 #448BBA #7344BA

monochromatic

#605A23 #8D8434 #BAAE44 #CBC270 #DBD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BAAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE44

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE44	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57d',
    500: '#baae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae44;
$custom-light: #d2c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74071,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE44

secondary

#9298C8

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE44

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

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