#BA9E32#BA9E32

#BA9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E32
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -1.17, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 57.16, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0089 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.127 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.0540, 35.1250, 8.0558)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E32 #324EBA

analogous

#BA5A32 #BA9E32 #92BA32

triadic

#BA9E32 #32BA9E #9E32BA

tetradic

#BA9E32 #32BA5A #324EBA #BA3292

square

#BA9E32 #32BA5A #324EBA #BA3292

split-complementary

#BA9E32 #3292BA #5A32BA

monochromatic

#5A4C18 #8A7525 #BA9E32 #D2B957 #DFCD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BA9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E32

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba71',
    500: '#ba9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e32;
$custom-light: #d3ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70524,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E32

secondary

#7F8EC9

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E32

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

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