#BAAF35#BAAF35

#BAAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF35
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -10.01, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 61.31, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0337 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2238, 41.3575, 9.4422)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF35 #3540BA

analogous

#BA6D35 #BAAF35 #82BA35

triadic

#BAAF35 #35BAAF #AF35BA

tetradic

#BAAF35 #35BA6D #3540BA #BA3582

square

#BAAF35 #35BA6D #3540BA #BA3582

split-complementary

#BAAF35 #3582BA #6D35BA

monochromatic

#5B551A #8A8227 #BAAF35 #D0C75C #DED78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BAAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF35

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF35	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c674',
    500: '#baaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf35;
$custom-light: #d2c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74162,
    "c": 0.13831,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF35

secondary

#8288C8

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF35

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

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