#BA9D32#BA9D32

#BA9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D32
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -0.63, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 56.90, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0074 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.126 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8842, 34.7852, 7.9991)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D32 #324FBA

analogous

#BA5932 #BA9D32 #93BA32

triadic

#BA9D32 #32BA9D #9D32BA

tetradic

#BA9D32 #32BA59 #324FBA #BA3293

square

#BA9D32 #32BA59 #324FBA #BA3293

split-complementary

#BA9D32 #3293BA #5932BA

monochromatic

#5A4C18 #8A7425 #BA9D32 #D2B857 #DFCC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D32

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D32	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b971',
    500: '#ba9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d32;
$custom-light: #d3b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70315,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D32

secondary

#7F8FC9

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D32

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

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