#BAAE57#BAAE57

#BAAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.110 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE57
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -7.22, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 46.22, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0219 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.11 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1072, 41.4006, 15.0515)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE57 #5763BA

analogous

#BA7C57 #BAAE57 #94BA57

triadic

#BAAE57 #57BAAE #AE57BA

tetradic

#BAAE57 #57BA7C #5763BA #BA5794

square

#BAAE57 #57BA7C #5763BA #BA5794

split-complementary

#BAAE57 #5794BA #7C57BA

monochromatic

#6B632C #968B3E #BAAE57 #CCC382 #DED8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BAAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE57

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE57	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)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.110 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c589',
    500: '#baae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae57;
$custom-light: #d1c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74282,
    "c": 0.10961,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE57

secondary

#A1A6CC

accent

#65D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE57

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

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