#BAAE46#BAAE46

#BAAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE46
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -8.51, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 54.05, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0276 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4926, 41.1548, 11.8146)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE46 #4652BA

analogous

#BA7446 #BAAE46 #8CBA46

triadic

#BAAE46 #46BAAE #AE46BA

tetradic

#BAAE46 #46BA74 #4652BA #BA468C

square

#BAAE46 #46BA74 #4652BA #BA468C

split-complementary

#BAAE46 #468CBA #7446BA

monochromatic

#615B24 #8E8535 #BAAE46 #CBC273 #DBD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BAAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BAAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE46

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE46	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)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c57e',
    500: '#baae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae46;
$custom-light: #d2c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 45.669,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE46

secondary

#9499C8

accent

#60D552

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE46

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

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