#BAAF31#BAAF31

#BAAF31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF31
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -10.20, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 62.75, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0346 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1356, 41.3223, 8.9777)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF31 #313CBA

analogous

#BA6A31 #BAAF31 #80BA31

triadic

#BAAF31 #31BAAF #AF31BA

tetradic

#BAAF31 #31BA6A #313CBA #BA3180

square

#BAAF31 #31BA6A #313CBA #BA3180

split-complementary

#BAAF31 #3180BA #6A31BA

monochromatic

#595417 #8A8124 #BAAF31 #D2C856 #DFD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAF31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BAAF31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF31

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF31	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c672',
    500: '#baaf31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf31;
$custom-light: #d2c672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74135,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF31

secondary

#7E84C9

accent

#53E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF31

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

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