#BAAE76#BAAE76

#BAAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.076 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE76
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 36.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -4.05, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 30.60, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0099 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.076 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6564, 42.0203, 23.2105)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE76 #7682BA

analogous

#BA8C76 #BAAE76 #A4BA76

triadic

#BAAE76 #76BAAE #AE76BA

tetradic

#BAAE76 #76BA8C #7682BA #BA76A4

square

#BAAE76 #76BA8C #7682BA #BA76A4

split-complementary

#BAAE76 #76A4BA #8C76BA

monochromatic

#796E3D #A19351 #BAAE76 #CEC69F #E3DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BAAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE76

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE76	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.076 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c69e',
    500: '#baae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae76;
$custom-light: #d0c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 33.01,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74762,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE76

secondary

#B9BDD3

accent

#71C95F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE76

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

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