#BA9E31#BA9E31

#BA9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E31
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -1.22, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 57.55, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0092 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0327, 35.1164, 7.9434)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E31 #314DBA

analogous

#BA5931 #BA9E31 #91BA31

triadic

#BA9E31 #31BA9E #9E31BA

tetradic

#BA9E31 #31BA59 #314DBA #BA3191

square

#BA9E31 #31BA59 #314DBA #BA3191

split-complementary

#BA9E31 #3191BA #5931BA

monochromatic

#594C17 #8A7524 #BA9E31 #D2B956 #DFCD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BA9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E31

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E31	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba71',
    500: '#ba9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e31;
$custom-light: #d3ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E31

secondary

#7E8DC9

accent

#66E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E31

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

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