#BA9C38#BA9C38

#BA9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C38
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, 0.21, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 54.23, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0043 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.122 92)
XYZ	xyz(32.8537, 34.5035, 8.6700)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C38 #3856BA

analogous

#BA5B38 #BA9C38 #97BA38

triadic

#BA9C38 #38BA9C #9C38BA

tetradic

#BA9C38 #38BA5B #3856BA #BA3897

square

#BA9C38 #38BA5B #3856BA #BA3897

split-complementary

#BA9C38 #3897BA #5B38BA

monochromatic

#5C4D1C #8B752A #BA9C38 #CFB660 #DDCB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BA9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BA9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C38

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C38	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b874',
    500: '#ba9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c38;
$custom-light: #d2b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C38

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C38

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

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