#BA9C31#BA9C31

#BA9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C31
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -0.14, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 57.02, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0061 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.126 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6943, 34.4397, 7.8306)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C31 #314FBA

analogous

#BA5731 #BA9C31 #93BA31

triadic

#BA9C31 #31BA9C #9C31BA

tetradic

#BA9C31 #31BA57 #314FBA #BA3193

square

#BA9C31 #31BA57 #314FBA #BA3193

split-complementary

#BA9C31 #3193BA #5731BA

monochromatic

#594B17 #8A7324 #BA9C31 #D2B756 #DFCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BA9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BA9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C31

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C31	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b870',
    500: '#ba9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c31;
$custom-light: #d3b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C31

secondary

#7E8EC9

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C31

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

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