#BA9C36#BA9C36

#BA9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C36
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 0.11, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 55.05, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0048 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.123 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8058, 34.4843, 8.4175)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C36 #3654BA

analogous

#BA5A36 #BA9C36 #96BA36

triadic

#BA9C36 #36BA9C #9C36BA

tetradic

#BA9C36 #36BA5A #3654BA #BA3696

square

#BA9C36 #36BA5A #3654BA #BA3696

split-complementary

#BA9C36 #3696BA #5A36BA

monochromatic

#5B4C1A #8B7428 #BA9C36 #D0B65D #DECB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BA9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BA9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C36

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C36	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b873',
    500: '#ba9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c36;
$custom-light: #d2b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70137,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C36

secondary

#8493C8

accent

#6BDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C36

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

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