#BA972E#BA972E

#BA972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA972E
RGB	rgb(186, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 2.43, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 56.94, 87.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0009 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.125 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8113, 32.7716, 7.2343)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA972E #2E51BA

analogous

#BA512E #BA972E #97BA2E

triadic

#BA972E #2EBA97 #972EBA

tetradic

#BA972E #2EBA51 #2E51BA #BA2E97

square

#BA972E #2EBA51 #2E51BA #BA2E97

split-complementary

#BA972E #2E97BA #512EBA

monochromatic

#584716 #896F22 #BA972E #D4B351 #E0C982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BA972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BA972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA972E

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA972E	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)

#A9951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b56e',
    500: '#ba972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba972e;
$custom-light: #d3b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69039,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA972E

secondary

#7B8EC9

accent

#6CE344

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA972E

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

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