#BA9D39#BA9D39

#BA9D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D39
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -0.27, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 54.09, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0055 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0469, 34.8503, 8.8562)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D39 #3956BA

analogous

#BA5D39 #BA9D39 #96BA39

triadic

#BA9D39 #39BA9D #9D39BA

tetradic

#BA9D39 #39BA5D #3956BA #BA3996

square

#BA9D39 #39BA5D #3956BA #BA3996

split-complementary

#BA9D39 #3996BA #5D39BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1C #8B752B #BA9D39 #CFB661 #DDCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BA9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D39

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D39	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)

#AE9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b975',
    500: '#ba9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d39;
$custom-light: #d2b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70371,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D39

secondary

#8795C8

accent

#6CDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D39

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

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