#BAAE59#BAAE59

#BAAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE59
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 52.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -7.05, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 45.25, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0212 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1901, 41.4338, 15.4878)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE59 #5965BA

analogous

#BA7E59 #BAAE59 #96BA59

triadic

#BAAE59 #59BAAE #AE59BA

tetradic

#BAAE59 #59BA7E #5965BA #BA5996

square

#BAAE59 #59BA7E #5965BA #BA5996

split-complementary

#BAAE59 #5996BA #7E59BA

monochromatic

#6C642D #978C3F #BAAE59 #CCC384 #DED8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BAAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE59

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE59	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c68a',
    500: '#baae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae59;
$custom-light: #d1c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.577,
    "s": 41.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74308,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE59

secondary

#A3A8CC

accent

#66D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE59

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

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