#BAAE65#BAAE65

#BAAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.095 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE65
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 45.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -5.92, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 39.32, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0167 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.095 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7357, 41.6520, 18.3613)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE65 #6571BA

analogous

#BA8465 #BAAE65 #9CBA65

triadic

#BAAE65 #65BAAE #AE65BA

tetradic

#BAAE65 #65BA84 #6571BA #BA659C

square

#BAAE65 #65BA84 #6571BA #BA659C

split-complementary

#BAAE65 #659CBA #8465BA

monochromatic

#726933 #9C9046 #BAAE65 #CDC48F #E0DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BAAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE65

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE65	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.095 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c692',
    500: '#baae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae65;
$custom-light: #d0c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.529,
    "s": 38.117,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE65

secondary

#ACB1CF

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE65

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

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