#BA9B37#BA9B37

#BA9B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.122 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9B37
RGB	rgb(186, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 0.70, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 54.38, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.003 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.122 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6624, 34.1595, 8.4868)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9B37 #3756BA

analogous

#BA5A37 #BA9B37 #97BA37

triadic

#BA9B37 #37BA9B #9B37BA

tetradic

#BA9B37 #37BA5A #3756BA #BA3797

square

#BA9B37 #37BA5A #3756BA #BA3797

split-complementary

#BA9B37 #3797BA #5A37BA

monochromatic

#5C4C1B #8B7429 #BA9B37 #D0B55F #DECB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BA9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BA9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9B37

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9B37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.122 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b874',
    500: '#ba9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9b37;
$custom-light: #d2b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69938,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9B37

secondary

#8595C8

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9B37

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

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