#BAAE4C#BAAE4C

#BAAE4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE4C
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -8.09, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 51.37, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0257 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6916, 41.2344, 12.8624)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE4C #4C58BA

analogous

#BA774C #BAAE4C #8FBA4C

triadic

#BAAE4C #4CBAAE #AE4CBA

tetradic

#BAAE4C #4CBA77 #4C58BA #BA4C8F

square

#BAAE4C #4CBA77 #4C58BA #BA4C8F

split-complementary

#BAAE4C #4C8FBA #774CBA

monochromatic

#655E27 #918738 #BAAE4C #CBC278 #DCD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BAAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE4C

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE4C	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c582',
    500: '#baae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae4c;
$custom-light: #d1c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74153,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE4C

secondary

#999EC9

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE4C

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

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