#BA9A30#BA9A30

#BA9A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9A30
RGB	rgb(186, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 0.89, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 56.89, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0032 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.126 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3406, 33.7657, 7.6097)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9A30 #3050BA

analogous

#BA5530 #BA9A30 #95BA30

triadic

#BA9A30 #30BA9A #9A30BA

tetradic

#BA9A30 #30BA55 #3050BA #BA3095

square

#BA9A30 #30BA55 #3050BA #BA3095

split-complementary

#BA9A30 #3095BA #5530BA

monochromatic

#594917 #897223 #BA9A30 #D3B654 #DFCA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA9A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BA9A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9A30

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9A30	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b770',
    500: '#ba9a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9a30;
$custom-light: #d3b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69675,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9A30

secondary

#7D8FC9

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9A30

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

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