#BA9F38#BA9F38

#BA9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F38
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -1.40, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 55.06, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0089 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3633, 35.5227, 8.8399)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F38 #3853BA

analogous

#BA5E38 #BA9F38 #94BA38

triadic

#BA9F38 #38BA9F #9F38BA

tetradic

#BA9F38 #38BA5E #3853BA #BA3894

square

#BA9F38 #38BA5E #3853BA #BA3894

split-complementary

#BA9F38 #3894BA #5E38BA

monochromatic

#5C4F1C #8B772A #BA9F38 #CFB860 #DDCD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BA9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BA9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F38

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb74',
    500: '#ba9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f38;
$custom-light: #d2bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70781,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F38

secondary

#8694C8

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F38

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

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