#BAAE55#BAAE55

#BAAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE55
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -7.39, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 47.17, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0226 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0266, 41.3684, 14.6271)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE55 #5561BA

analogous

#BA7B55 #BAAE55 #93BA55

triadic

#BAAE55 #55BAAE #AE55BA

tetradic

#BAAE55 #55BA7B #5561BA #BA5593

square

#BAAE55 #55BA7B #5561BA #BA5593

split-complementary

#BAAE55 #5593BA #7B55BA

monochromatic

#6A622B #958B3D #BAAE55 #CCC381 #DDD7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE55

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE55	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c587',
    500: '#baae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae55;
$custom-light: #d1c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74257,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE55

secondary

#A0A5CB

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE55

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

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