#BA9D34#BA9D34

#BA9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D34
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -0.54, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 56.12, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0069 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9283, 34.8029, 8.2314)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D34 #3451BA

analogous

#BA5A34 #BA9D34 #94BA34

triadic

#BA9D34 #34BA9D #9D34BA

tetradic

#BA9D34 #34BA5A #3451BA #BA3494

square

#BA9D34 #34BA5A #3451BA #BA3494

split-complementary

#BA9D34 #3494BA #5A34BA

monochromatic

#5A4C19 #8A7527 #BA9D34 #D1B75A #DECC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D34

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D34	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)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b972',
    500: '#ba9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d34;
$custom-light: #d3b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.1249,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D34

secondary

#8191C8

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D34

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

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