#BAAF53#BAAF53

#BAAF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAAF53
RGB	rgb(186, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -8.07, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 48.51, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0248 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.114 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1422, 41.7249, 14.2792)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAAF53 #535EBA

analogous

#BA7B53 #BAAF53 #92BA53

triadic

#BAAF53 #53BAAF #AF53BA

tetradic

#BAAF53 #53BA7B #535EBA #BA5392

square

#BAAF53 #53BA7B #535EBA #BA5392

split-complementary

#BAAF53 #5392BA #7B53BA

monochromatic

#69622A #948B3B #BAAF53 #CCC37F #DDD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BAAF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BAAF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAAF53

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAAF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAAF53	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baaf53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c686',
    500: '#baaf53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baaf53;
$custom-light: #d1c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baaf53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAAF53

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#63D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAAF53

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

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