#BA9D35#BA9D35

#BA9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D35
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -0.49, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 55.72, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0066 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9510, 34.8120, 8.3513)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D35 #3552BA

analogous

#BA5A35 #BA9D35 #95BA35

triadic

#BA9D35 #35BA9D #9D35BA

tetradic

#BA9D35 #35BA5A #3552BA #BA3595

square

#BA9D35 #35BA5A #3552BA #BA3595

split-complementary

#BA9D35 #3595BA #5A35BA

monochromatic

#5B4D1A #8A7527 #BA9D35 #D0B75C #DECC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D35

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D35	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)

#AE9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b973',
    500: '#ba9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d35;
$custom-light: #d3b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70338,
    "c": 0.12424,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D35

secondary

#8292C8

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D35

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

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