#BA9E36#BA9E36

#BA9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E36
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -0.97, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 55.59, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0079 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.124 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1441, 35.1610, 8.5303)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E36 #3652BA

analogous

#BA5C36 #BA9E36 #94BA36

triadic

#BA9E36 #36BA9E #9E36BA

tetradic

#BA9E36 #36BA5C #3652BA #BA3694

square

#BA9E36 #36BA5C #3652BA #BA3694

split-complementary

#BA9E36 #3694BA #5C36BA

monochromatic

#5B4D1A #8B7628 #BA9E36 #D0B85D #DECD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BA9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BA9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E36

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E36	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba73',
    500: '#ba9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e36;
$custom-light: #d2ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E36

secondary

#8492C8

accent

#69DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →