#BAAE4E#BAAE4E

#BAAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE4E
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -7.94, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 50.45, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.025 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7622, 41.2626, 13.2343)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE4E #4E5ABA

analogous

#BA784E #BAAE4E #90BA4E

triadic

#BAAE4E #4EBAAE #AE4EBA

tetradic

#BAAE4E #4EBA78 #4E5ABA #BA4E90

square

#BAAE4E #4EBA78 #4E5ABA #BA4E90

split-complementary

#BAAE4E #4E90BA #784EBA

monochromatic

#665F28 #928839 #BAAE4E #CBC27A #DCD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BAAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE4E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE4E	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)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c583',
    500: '#baae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae4e;
$custom-light: #d1c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74175,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE4E

secondary

#9A9FCA

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE4E

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

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