#BA9F37#BA9F37

#BA9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F37
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -1.46, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 55.47, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0092 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.124 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3391, 35.5130, 8.7123)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F37 #3752BA

analogous

#BA5E37 #BA9F37 #93BA37

triadic

#BA9F37 #37BA9F #9F37BA

tetradic

#BA9F37 #37BA5E #3752BA #BA3793

square

#BA9F37 #37BA5E #3752BA #BA3793

split-complementary

#BA9F37 #3793BA #5E37BA

monochromatic

#5C4E1B #8B7729 #BA9F37 #D0B85F #DECD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BA9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BA9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F37

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F37	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb74',
    500: '#ba9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f37;
$custom-light: #d2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70772,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F37

secondary

#8593C8

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F37

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

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