#BAAE52#BAAE52

#BAAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE52
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -7.63, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 48.59, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0237 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9100, 41.3217, 14.0127)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE52 #525EBA

analogous

#BA7A52 #BAAE52 #92BA52

triadic

#BAAE52 #52BAAE #AE52BA

tetradic

#BAAE52 #52BA7A #525EBA #BA5292

square

#BAAE52 #52BA7A #525EBA #BA5292

split-complementary

#BAAE52 #5292BA #7A52BA

monochromatic

#68612A #948A3B #BAAE52 #CBC27E #DDD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BAAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE52

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE52	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c585',
    500: '#baae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae52;
$custom-light: #d1c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 42.975,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE52

secondary

#9DA3CA

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE52

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

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