#BA972D#BA972D

#BA972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA972D
RGB	rgb(186, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 2.38, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 57.31, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0007 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.126 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7918, 32.7638, 7.1317)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA972D #2D50BA

analogous

#BA502D #BA972D #97BA2D

triadic

#BA972D #2DBA97 #972DBA

tetradic

#BA972D #2DBA50 #2D50BA #BA2D97

square

#BA972D #2DBA50 #2D50BA #BA2D97

split-complementary

#BA972D #2D97BA #502DBA

monochromatic

#574715 #896F21 #BA972D #D5B450 #E0C981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BA972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BA972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA972D

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA972D	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b56e',
    500: '#ba972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba972d;
$custom-light: #d3b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69032,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA972D

secondary

#798DC9

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA972D

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

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