#BA9B31#BA9B31

#BA9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9B31
RGB	rgb(186, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, 0.40, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 56.76, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0045 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5272, 34.1055, 7.7749)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9B31 #3150BA

analogous

#BA5631 #BA9B31 #94BA31

triadic

#BA9B31 #31BA9B #9B31BA

tetradic

#BA9B31 #31BA56 #3150BA #BA3194

square

#BA9B31 #31BA56 #3150BA #BA3194

split-complementary

#BA9B31 #3194BA #5631BA

monochromatic

#594A17 #8A7324 #BA9B31 #D2B656 #DFCB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BA9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BA9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9B31

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9B31	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b870',
    500: '#ba9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9b31;
$custom-light: #d3b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6989,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9B31

secondary

#7E8FC9

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9B31

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

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