#BA9C32#BA9C32

#BA9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C32
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -0.09, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.63, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0058 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7157, 34.4482, 7.9430)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C32 #3250BA

analogous

#BA5832 #BA9C32 #94BA32

triadic

#BA9C32 #32BA9C #9C32BA

tetradic

#BA9C32 #32BA58 #3250BA #BA3294

square

#BA9C32 #32BA58 #3250BA #BA3294

split-complementary

#BA9C32 #3294BA #5832BA

monochromatic

#5A4B18 #8A7425 #BA9C32 #D2B757 #DFCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BA9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BA9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C32

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C32	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)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b871',
    500: '#ba9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c32;
$custom-light: #d3b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C32

secondary

#7F8FC9

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C32

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

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