#BAAF38#BAAF38

#BAAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF38
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -9.86, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 60.18, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.033 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.136 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.2950, 41.3860, 9.8171)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF38 #3843BA

analogous

#BA6E38 #BAAF38 #84BA38

triadic

#BAAF38 #38BAAF #AF38BA

tetradic

#BAAF38 #38BA6E #3843BA #BA3884

square

#BAAF38 #38BA6E #3843BA #BA3884

split-complementary

#BAAF38 #3884BA #6E38BA

monochromatic

#5C561C #8B832A #BAAF38 #CFC660 #DDD78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BAAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF38

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF38	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c676',
    500: '#baaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf38;
$custom-light: #d2c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.41385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF38

secondary

#868BC8

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF38

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

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