#BA9D36#BA9D36

#BA9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D36
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -0.43, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 55.32, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0064 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.124 93)
XYZ	xyz(32.9743, 34.8213, 8.4737)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D36 #3653BA

analogous

#BA5B36 #BA9D36 #95BA36

triadic

#BA9D36 #36BA9D #9D36BA

tetradic

#BA9D36 #36BA5B #3653BA #BA3695

square

#BA9D36 #36BA5B #3653BA #BA3695

split-complementary

#BA9D36 #3695BA #5B36BA

monochromatic

#5B4D1A #8B7528 #BA9D36 #D0B75D #DECC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BA9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D36

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D36	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)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b973',
    500: '#ba9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d36;
$custom-light: #d2b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70346,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.34819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D36

secondary

#8493C8

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D36

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

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