#BAAF42#BAAF42

#BAAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF42
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -9.29, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 56.14, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0302 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5644, 41.4938, 11.2363)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF42 #424DBA

analogous

#BA7342 #BAAF42 #89BA42

triadic

#BAAF42 #42BAAF #AF42BA

tetradic

#BAAF42 #42BA73 #424DBA #BA4289

square

#BAAF42 #42BA73 #424DBA #BA4289

split-complementary

#BAAF42 #4289BA #7342BA

monochromatic

#605A22 #8D8532 #BAAF42 #CBC36E #DBD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BAAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BAAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF42

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF42	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c67c',
    500: '#baaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf42;
$custom-light: #d2c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74268,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF42

secondary

#9095C8

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF42

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

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