#BAAE4B#BAAE4B

#BAAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE4B
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -8.16, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 51.82, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.026 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6571, 41.2206, 12.6807)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE4B #4B57BA

analogous

#BA764B #BAAE4B #8EBA4B

triadic

#BAAE4B #4BBAAE #AE4BBA

tetradic

#BAAE4B #4BBA76 #4B57BA #BA4B8E

square

#BAAE4B #4BBA76 #4B57BA #BA4B8E

split-complementary

#BAAE4B #4B8EBA #764BBA

monochromatic

#645E26 #908737 #BAAE4B #CBC277 #DCD6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BAAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE4B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE4B	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)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c581',
    500: '#baae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae4b;
$custom-light: #d1c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE4B

secondary

#989DC9

accent

#61D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE4B

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

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