#BAAE79#BAAE79

#BAAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.072 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAE79
RGB	rgb(186, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 34.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -3.69, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 29.04, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0087 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.072 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8375, 42.0928, 24.1643)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAE79 #7985BA

analogous

#BA8D79 #BAAE79 #A6BA79

triadic

#BAAE79 #79BAAE #AE79BA

tetradic

#BAAE79 #79BA8D #7985BA #BA79A6

square

#BAAE79 #79BA8D #7985BA #BA79A6

split-complementary

#BAAE79 #79A6BA #8D79BA

monochromatic

#7A6F3F #A29454 #BAAE79 #CFC6A1 #E4DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BAAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BAAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAE79

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAE79	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.072 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfc6a0',
    500: '#baae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baae79;
$custom-light: #cfc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 32.02,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.07205,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAE79

secondary

#BBC0D4

accent

#4FAB3B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAE79

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

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