#BA9B36#BA9B36

#BA9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9B36
RGB	rgb(186, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 0.65, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 54.79, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0033 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.122 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6387, 34.1501, 8.3618)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9B36 #3655BA

analogous

#BA5936 #BA9B36 #97BA36

triadic

#BA9B36 #36BA9B #9B36BA

tetradic

#BA9B36 #36BA59 #3655BA #BA3697

square

#BA9B36 #36BA59 #3655BA #BA3697

split-complementary

#BA9B36 #3697BA #5936BA

monochromatic

#5B4C1A #8B7328 #BA9B36 #D0B55D #DECB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BA9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BA9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9B36

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9B36	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b873',
    500: '#ba9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9b36;
$custom-light: #d3b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9B36

secondary

#8494C8

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9B36

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

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