#BA9A31#BA9A31

#BA9A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.125 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9A31
RGB	rgb(186, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 0.94, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 56.51, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.003 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.125 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3615, 33.7740, 7.7197)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9A31 #3151BA

analogous

#BA5531 #BA9A31 #95BA31

triadic

#BA9A31 #31BA9A #9A31BA

tetradic

#BA9A31 #31BA55 #3151BA #BA3195

square

#BA9A31 #31BA55 #3151BA #BA3195

split-complementary

#BA9A31 #3195BA #5531BA

monochromatic

#594A17 #8A7224 #BA9A31 #D2B556 #DFCA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BA9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9A31

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9A31	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)

#AB9821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.125 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b770',
    500: '#ba9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9a31;
$custom-light: #d3b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69682,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9A31

secondary

#7E8FC9

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9A31

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

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