Palettes / Colors / #BA9012

#BA9012 — Vivid Yellow

#BA9012 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGoldenRod (#B8860B). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgoldenrod (#B8860B) — not an exact match. CSS darkgoldenrod gives you #B8860B, a different color; use #BA9012 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BA9012 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #123CBA; it also sits naturally between #BA3C12 and #90BA12. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 56% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 90% · Key 27%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BA9012

.text { color: #BA9012; }
.background { background-color: #BA9012; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BA9012; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 144, 18); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 82%, 40%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BA9012; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 144, 18, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BA9012; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 144, 18, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BA9012">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BA9012">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #123CBA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BA9012: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BA9012

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BA9012 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BA9012 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #BA9012?

#BA9012 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 186, 144, 18). Its closest standard named color is DarkGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BA9012?

#BA9012 is RGB 186, 144, 18 — HSL 45°, 82%, 40% — CMYK 0%, 23%, 90%, 27%.

What colors go with #BA9012?

Its complement is #123CBA; analogous partners are #BA3C12 and #90BA12. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BA9012 for text?

Black text on #BA9012 has a contrast ratio of 7.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.96:1.