#BA9D33#BA9D33

#BA9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D33
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -0.58, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 56.51, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0071 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9060, 34.7939, 8.1140)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D33 #3350BA

analogous

#BA5A33 #BA9D33 #94BA33

triadic

#BA9D33 #33BA9D #9D33BA

tetradic

#BA9D33 #33BA5A #3350BA #BA3394

square

#BA9D33 #33BA5A #3350BA #BA3394

split-complementary

#BA9D33 #3394BA #5A33BA

monochromatic

#5A4C19 #8A7426 #BA9D33 #D1B859 #DFCC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D33

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b971',
    500: '#ba9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d33;
$custom-light: #d3b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D33

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D33

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

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