#BA9A34#BA9A34

#BA9A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.123 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9A34
RGB	rgb(186, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 1.08, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 55.34, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0022 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.123 91)
XYZ	xyz(32.4269, 33.8002, 8.0643)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9A34 #3454BA

analogous

#BA5734 #BA9A34 #97BA34

triadic

#BA9A34 #34BA9A #9A34BA

tetradic

#BA9A34 #34BA57 #3454BA #BA3497

square

#BA9A34 #34BA57 #3454BA #BA3497

split-complementary

#BA9A34 #3497BA #5734BA

monochromatic

#5A4B19 #8A7227 #BA9A34 #D1B55A #DECA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BA9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9A34

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9A34	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.123 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b772',
    500: '#ba9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9a34;
$custom-light: #d3b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.33798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9A34

secondary

#8192C8

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9A34

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

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