#BAAE49#BAAE49

#BAAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE49
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -8.30, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 52.72, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0266 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.122 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5897, 41.1936, 12.3258)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE49 #4955BA

analogous

#BA7549 #BAAE49 #8DBA49

triadic

#BAAE49 #49BAAE #AE49BA

tetradic

#BAAE49 #49BA75 #4955BA #BA498D

square

#BAAE49 #49BA75 #4955BA #BA498D

split-complementary

#BAAE49 #498DBA #7549BA

monochromatic

#635D26 #8F8636 #BAAE49 #CBC275 #DCD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BAAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE49

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c580',
    500: '#baae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae49;
$custom-light: #d1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.628,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE49

secondary

#969CC8

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE49

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

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