#BAAE56#BAAE56

#BAAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE56
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -7.30, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 46.70, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0223 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.111 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0666, 41.3844, 14.8378)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE56 #5662BA

analogous

#BA7C56 #BAAE56 #94BA56

triadic

#BAAE56 #56BAAE #AE56BA

tetradic

#BAAE56 #56BA7C #5662BA #BA5694

square

#BAAE56 #56BA7C #5662BA #BA5694

split-complementary

#BAAE56 #5694BA #7C56BA

monochromatic

#6A632B #968B3D #BAAE56 #CCC381 #DDD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BAAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE56

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE56	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c588',
    500: '#baae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae56;
$custom-light: #d1c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 42.017,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE56

secondary

#A0A6CB

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE56

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

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