#BA9A35#BA9A35

#BA9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.122 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9A35
RGB	rgb(186, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 1.13, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 54.94, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.002 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.122 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4497, 33.8093, 8.1842)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9A35 #3555BA

analogous

#BA5835 #BA9A35 #98BA35

triadic

#BA9A35 #35BA9A #9A35BA

tetradic

#BA9A35 #35BA58 #3555BA #BA3598

square

#BA9A35 #35BA58 #3555BA #BA3598

split-complementary

#BA9A35 #3598BA #5835BA

monochromatic

#5B4B1A #8A7327 #BA9A35 #D0B45C #DECA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BA9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9A35

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9A35	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)

#AB9827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.122 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b772',
    500: '#ba9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9a35;
$custom-light: #d3b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69713,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9A35

secondary

#8293C8

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9A35

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

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