#BAAF49#BAAF49

#BAAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF49
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -8.83, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 53.10, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.0281 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.123 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7836, 41.5815, 12.3905)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF49 #4954BA

analogous

#BA7649 #BAAF49 #8CBA49

triadic

#BAAF49 #49BAAF #AF49BA

tetradic

#BAAF49 #49BA76 #4954BA #BA498C

square

#BAAF49 #49BA76 #4954BA #BA498C

split-complementary

#BAAF49 #498CBA #7649BA

monochromatic

#635D26 #8F8736 #BAAF49 #CBC375 #DCD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BAAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF49

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF49	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c680',
    500: '#baaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf49;
$custom-light: #d1c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74336,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF49

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#60D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF49

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

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