#BAAF37#BAAF37

#BAAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.137 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF37
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -9.91, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 60.56, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0332 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.137 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.2708, 41.3763, 9.6896)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF37 #3742BA

analogous

#BA6E37 #BAAF37 #83BA37

triadic

#BAAF37 #37BAAF #AF37BA

tetradic

#BAAF37 #37BA6E #3742BA #BA3783

square

#BAAF37 #37BA6E #3742BA #BA3783

split-complementary

#BAAF37 #3783BA #6E37BA

monochromatic

#5C561B #8B8329 #BAAF37 #D0C65F #DED78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BAAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF37

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.137 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c675',
    500: '#baaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf37;
$custom-light: #d2c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74177,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF37

secondary

#858AC8

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF37

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

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