#BA9E38#BA9E38

#BA9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E38
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -0.87, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 54.78, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0074 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.123 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1921, 35.1802, 8.7828)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E38 #3854BA

analogous

#BA5D38 #BA9E38 #95BA38

triadic

#BA9E38 #38BA9E #9E38BA

tetradic

#BA9E38 #38BA5D #3854BA #BA3895

square

#BA9E38 #38BA5D #3854BA #BA3895

split-complementary

#BA9E38 #3895BA #5D38BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1C #8B762A #BA9E38 #CFB760 #DDCC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BA9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BA9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E38

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E38	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba74',
    500: '#ba9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e38;
$custom-light: #d2ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70571,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E38

secondary

#8694C8

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E38

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

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