#BA9E35#BA9E35

#BA9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E35
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -1.02, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 55.99, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0082 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.125 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1209, 35.1517, 8.4079)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E35 #3551BA

analogous

#BA5B35 #BA9E35 #94BA35

triadic

#BA9E35 #35BA9E #9E35BA

tetradic

#BA9E35 #35BA5B #3551BA #BA3594

square

#BA9E35 #35BA5B #3551BA #BA3594

split-complementary

#BA9E35 #3594BA #5B35BA

monochromatic

#5B4D1A #8A7627 #BA9E35 #D0B85C #DECD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BA9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E35

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba73',
    500: '#ba9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e35;
$custom-light: #d2ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E35

secondary

#8291C8

accent

#68DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E35

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

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