#BA9D31#BA9D31

#BA9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D31
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -0.68, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 57.28, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0076 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8628, 34.7767, 7.8868)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D31 #314EBA

analogous

#BA5831 #BA9D31 #92BA31

triadic

#BA9D31 #31BA9D #9D31BA

tetradic

#BA9D31 #31BA58 #314EBA #BA3192

square

#BA9D31 #31BA58 #314EBA #BA3192

split-complementary

#BA9D31 #3192BA #5831BA

monochromatic

#594B17 #8A7424 #BA9D31 #D2B856 #DFCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BA9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D31

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D31	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b970',
    500: '#ba9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d31;
$custom-light: #d3b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.12682,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D31

secondary

#7E8EC9

accent

#67E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D31

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

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