#BA9C33#BA9C33

#BA9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C33
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -0.05, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 56.24, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0056 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7375, 34.4570, 8.0579)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C33 #3351BA

analogous

#BA5933 #BA9C33 #95BA33

triadic

#BA9C33 #33BA9C #9C33BA

tetradic

#BA9C33 #33BA59 #3351BA #BA3395

square

#BA9C33 #33BA59 #3351BA #BA3395

split-complementary

#BA9C33 #3395BA #5933BA

monochromatic

#5A4B19 #8A7426 #BA9C33 #D1B759 #DFCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BA9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BA9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C33

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C33	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)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b871',
    500: '#ba9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c33;
$custom-light: #d3b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70113,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C33

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C33

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

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