#BAAF36#BAAF36

#BAAF36 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	#BAAF36
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -9.96, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 60.93, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0334 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.138 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2470, 41.3668, 9.5646)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF36 #3641BA

analogous

#BA6D36 #BAAF36 #83BA36

triadic

#BAAF36 #36BAAF #AF36BA

tetradic

#BAAF36 #36BA6D #3641BA #BA3683

square

#BAAF36 #36BA6D #3641BA #BA3683

split-complementary

#BAAF36 #3683BA #6D36BA

monochromatic

#5B561A #8B8228 #BAAF36 #D0C65D #DED78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF36

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF36	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BFA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c675',
    500: '#baaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf36;
$custom-light: #d2c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF36

secondary

#8489C8

accent

#56DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF36

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

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