#BA9E39#BA9E39

#BA9E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E39
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -0.81, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 54.37, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0071 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.122 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2168, 35.1901, 8.9129)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E39 #3955BA

analogous

#BA5E39 #BA9E39 #95BA39

triadic

#BA9E39 #39BA9E #9E39BA

tetradic

#BA9E39 #39BA5E #3955BA #BA3995

square

#BA9E39 #39BA5E #3955BA #BA3995

split-complementary

#BA9E39 #3995BA #5E39BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1C #8B762B #BA9E39 #CFB761 #DDCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BA9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BA9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E39

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E39	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)

#AF9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba75',
    500: '#ba9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e39;
$custom-light: #d2ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7058,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E39

secondary

#8795C8

accent

#6BDC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E39

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

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