#BA9D38#BA9D38

#BA9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D38
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -0.33, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 54.50, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0058 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.122 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0222, 34.8404, 8.7262)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D38 #3855BA

analogous

#BA5C38 #BA9D38 #96BA38

triadic

#BA9D38 #38BA9D #9D38BA

tetradic

#BA9D38 #38BA5C #3855BA #BA3896

square

#BA9D38 #38BA5C #3855BA #BA3896

split-complementary

#BA9D38 #3896BA #5C38BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1C #8B752A #BA9D38 #CFB660 #DDCC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BA9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D38

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D38	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)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b974',
    500: '#ba9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d38;
$custom-light: #d2b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70362,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D38

secondary

#8695C8

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D38

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

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