#BA9E34#BA9E34

#BA9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E34
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 72%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -1.07, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 56.39, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0084 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.126 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0981, 35.1426, 8.2880)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E34 #3450BA

analogous

#BA5B34 #BA9E34 #93BA34

triadic

#BA9E34 #34BA9E #9E34BA

tetradic

#BA9E34 #34BA5B #3450BA #BA3493

square

#BA9E34 #34BA5B #3450BA #BA3493

split-complementary

#BA9E34 #3493BA #5B34BA

monochromatic

#5A4D19 #8A7527 #BA9E34 #D1B85A #DECD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BA9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E34

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E34	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)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba72',
    500: '#ba9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e34;
$custom-light: #d3ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70539,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E34

secondary

#8190C8

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E34

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

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