#BA9F33#BA9F33

#BA9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F33
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -1.66, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 57.05, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0102 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.127 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2471, 35.4762, 8.2277)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F33 #334EBA

analogous

#BA5C33 #BA9F33 #92BA33

triadic

#BA9F33 #33BA9F #9F33BA

tetradic

#BA9F33 #33BA5C #334EBA #BA3392

square

#BA9F33 #33BA5C #334EBA #BA3392

split-complementary

#BA9F33 #3392BA #5C33BA

monochromatic

#5A4D19 #8A7626 #BA9F33 #D1B959 #DFCD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BA9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BA9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F33

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F33	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb72',
    500: '#ba9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f33;
$custom-light: #d3bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F33

secondary

#808FC9

accent

#66E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F33

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

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