#BA9936#BA9936

#BA9936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9936
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 1.73, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 54.28, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0002 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.121 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3086, 33.4899, 8.2518)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9936 #3657BA

analogous

#BA5736 #BA9936 #99BA36

triadic

#BA9936 #36BA99 #9936BA

tetradic

#BA9936 #36BA57 #3657BA #BA3699

square

#BA9936 #36BA57 #3657BA #BA3699

split-complementary

#BA9936 #3699BA #5736BA

monochromatic

#5B4B1A #8B7228 #BA9936 #D0B35D #DEC98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BA9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9936

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9936	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)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b673',
    500: '#ba9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9936;
$custom-light: #d3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69514,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9936

secondary

#8495C8

accent

#6FDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9936

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

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