#BA9E37#BA9E37

#BA9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E37
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -0.92, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 55.19, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0076 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.124 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1679, 35.1705, 8.6553)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E37 #3753BA

analogous

#BA5D37 #BA9E37 #94BA37

triadic

#BA9E37 #37BA9E #9E37BA

tetradic

#BA9E37 #37BA5D #3753BA #BA3794

square

#BA9E37 #37BA5D #3753BA #BA3794

split-complementary

#BA9E37 #3794BA #5D37BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8B7629 #BA9E37 #D0B75F #DECD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BA9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BA9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E37

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E37	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)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba74',
    500: '#ba9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e37;
$custom-light: #d2ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.12353,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E37

secondary

#8593C8

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E37

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

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