#BA9933#BA9933

#BA9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.123 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9933
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 1.58, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 55.48, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0009 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.123 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2403, 33.4626, 7.8921)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9933 #3354BA

analogous

#BA5633 #BA9933 #98BA33

triadic

#BA9933 #33BA99 #9933BA

tetradic

#BA9933 #33BA56 #3354BA #BA3398

square

#BA9933 #33BA56 #3354BA #BA3398

split-complementary

#BA9933 #3398BA #5633BA

monochromatic

#5A4A19 #8A7126 #BA9933 #D1B459 #DFCA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BA9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9933

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9933	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.123 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b671',
    500: '#ba9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9933;
$custom-light: #d3b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6949,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9933

secondary

#8092C9

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9933

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

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