#BA9D37#BA9D37

#BA9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.123 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D37
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -0.38, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 54.91, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0061 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.123 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9980, 34.8308, 8.5986)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D37 #3754BA

analogous

#BA5C37 #BA9D37 #95BA37

triadic

#BA9D37 #37BA9D #9D37BA

tetradic

#BA9D37 #37BA5C #3754BA #BA3795

square

#BA9D37 #37BA5C #3754BA #BA3795

split-complementary

#BA9D37 #3795BA #5C37BA

monochromatic

#5C4D1B #8B7529 #BA9D37 #D0B75F #DECC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BA9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D37

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D37	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.123 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b974',
    500: '#ba9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d37;
$custom-light: #d2b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D37

secondary

#8594C8

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D37

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

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