#BA9935#BA9935

#BA9935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.122 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9935
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 1.68, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 54.69, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0004 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.122 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2853, 33.4806, 8.1294)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9935 #3556BA

analogous

#BA5735 #BA9935 #99BA35

triadic

#BA9935 #35BA99 #9935BA

tetradic

#BA9935 #35BA57 #3556BA #BA3599

square

#BA9935 #35BA57 #3556BA #BA3599

split-complementary

#BA9935 #3599BA #5735BA

monochromatic

#5B4B1A #8A7227 #BA9935 #D0B45C #DECA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BA9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9935

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9935	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.122 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b672',
    500: '#ba9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9935;
$custom-light: #d3b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69506,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9935

secondary

#8294C8

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9935

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

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