#BA9F31#BA9F31

#BA9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F31
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 73.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -1.75, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 57.82, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0107 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.128 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2040, 35.4590, 8.0005)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F31 #314CBA

analogous

#BA5A31 #BA9F31 #90BA31

triadic

#BA9F31 #31BA9F #9F31BA

tetradic

#BA9F31 #31BA5A #314CBA #BA3190

square

#BA9F31 #31BA5A #314CBA #BA3190

split-complementary

#BA9F31 #3190BA #5A31BA

monochromatic

#594C17 #8A7624 #BA9F31 #D2BA56 #DFCE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BA9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BA9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F31

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F31	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb71',
    500: '#ba9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f31;
$custom-light: #d3bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 58.298,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F31

secondary

#7E8DC9

accent

#65E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F31

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

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