#BAAF40#BAAF40

#BAAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF40
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -9.41, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 56.97, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0308 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5065, 41.4706, 10.9311)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF40 #404BBA

analogous

#BA7240 #BAAF40 #88BA40

triadic

#BAAF40 #40BAAF #AF40BA

tetradic

#BAAF40 #40BA72 #404BBA #BA4088

square

#BAAF40 #40BA72 #404BBA #BA4088

split-complementary

#BAAF40 #4088BA #7240BA

monochromatic

#5F5921 #8C8430 #BAAF40 #CCC36B #DCD699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BAAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF40

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF40	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67a',
    500: '#baaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf40;
$custom-light: #d2c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7425,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF40

secondary

#8E93C8

accent

#5CD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF40

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

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