#BA9E33#BA9E33

#BA9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E33
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -1.12, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 56.78, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0087 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.126 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0758, 35.1337, 8.1706)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E33 #334FBA

analogous

#BA5B33 #BA9E33 #93BA33

triadic

#BA9E33 #33BA9E #9E33BA

tetradic

#BA9E33 #33BA5B #334FBA #BA3393

square

#BA9E33 #33BA5B #334FBA #BA3393

split-complementary

#BA9E33 #3393BA #5B33BA

monochromatic

#5A4C19 #8A7526 #BA9E33 #D1B859 #DFCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BA9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E33

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E33	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba72',
    500: '#ba9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e33;
$custom-light: #d3ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E33

secondary

#808FC9

accent

#67E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E33

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

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