#BA9E30#BA9E30

#BA9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E30
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -1.26, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 57.92, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0094 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.128 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0118, 35.1081, 7.8335)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E30 #304CBA

analogous

#BA5930 #BA9E30 #91BA30

triadic

#BA9E30 #30BA9E #9E30BA

tetradic

#BA9E30 #30BA59 #304CBA #BA3091

square

#BA9E30 #30BA59 #304CBA #BA3091

split-complementary

#BA9E30 #3091BA #5930BA

monochromatic

#594B17 #897523 #BA9E30 #D3B954 #DFCD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BA9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E30

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E30	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba70',
    500: '#ba9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e30;
$custom-light: #d3ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70509,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E30

secondary

#7D8CC9

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E30

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

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