#BAAE53#BAAE53

#BAAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE53
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -7.55, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 48.12, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0233 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9483, 41.3371, 14.2145)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE53 #535FBA

analogous

#BA7B53 #BAAE53 #92BA53

triadic

#BAAE53 #53BAAE #AE53BA

tetradic

#BAAE53 #53BA7B #535FBA #BA5392

square

#BAAE53 #53BA7B #535FBA #BA5392

split-complementary

#BAAE53 #5392BA #7B53BA

monochromatic

#69612A #948A3B #BAAE53 #CCC37F #DDD7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE53

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE53	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c586',
    500: '#baae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae53;
$custom-light: #d1c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74233,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE53

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#64D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE53

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

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