#BAAE48#BAAE48

#BAAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE48
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -8.37, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 53.17, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0269 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5568, 41.1805, 12.1526)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE48 #4854BA

analogous

#BA7548 #BAAE48 #8DBA48

triadic

#BAAE48 #48BAAE #AE48BA

tetradic

#BAAE48 #48BA75 #4854BA #BA488D

square

#BAAE48 #48BA75 #4854BA #BA488D

split-complementary

#BAAE48 #488DBA #7548BA

monochromatic

#625C25 #8F8636 #BAAE48 #CBC274 #DCD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BAAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE48

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE48	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c57f',
    500: '#baae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae48;
$custom-light: #d1c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74111,
    "c": 0.1233,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE48

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE48

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

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