#BAAF3B#BAAF3B

#BAAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF3B
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -9.70, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 59.01, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0322 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3706, 41.4162, 10.2151)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF3B #3B46BA

analogous

#BA6F3B #BAAF3B #85BA3B

triadic

#BAAF3B #3BBAAF #AF3BBA

tetradic

#BAAF3B #3BBA6F #3B46BA #BA3B85

square

#BAAF3B #3BBA6F #3B46BA #BA3B85

split-complementary

#BAAF3B #3B85BA #6F3BBA

monochromatic

#5D581E #8C832C #BAAF3B #CEC564 #DDD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BAAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF3B

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF3B	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)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c678',
    500: '#baaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf3b;
$custom-light: #d2c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74207,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF3B

secondary

#898EC8

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF3B

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

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