#BAAE4D#BAAE4D

#BAAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.119 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE4D
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -8.02, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 50.91, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0253 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.119 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7266, 41.2484, 13.0469)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE4D #4D59BA

analogous

#BA784D #BAAE4D #90BA4D

triadic

#BAAE4D #4DBAAE #AE4DBA

tetradic

#BAAE4D #4DBA78 #4D59BA #BA4D90

square

#BAAE4D #4DBA78 #4D59BA #BA4D90

split-complementary

#BAAE4D #4D90BA #784DBA

monochromatic

#655E27 #918838 #BAAE4D #CBC279 #DCD6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BAAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE4D

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE4D	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)

#BCA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.119 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c582',
    500: '#baae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae4d;
$custom-light: #d1c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74164,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE4D

secondary

#999FC9

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE4D

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

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