#BA9C27#BA9C27

#BA9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.132 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C27
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -0.56, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 60.59, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0083 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.132 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5062, 34.3645, 6.8399)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C27 #2745BA

analogous

#BA5327 #BA9C27 #8FBA27

triadic

#BA9C27 #27BA9C #9C27BA

tetradic

#BA9C27 #27BA53 #2745BA #BA278F

square

#BA9C27 #27BA53 #2745BA #BA278F

split-complementary

#BA9C27 #278FBA #5327BA

monochromatic

#554712 #87721C #BA9C27 #D8BA46 #E3CD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BA9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C27

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C27	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.132 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b86b',
    500: '#ba9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c27;
$custom-light: #d3b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C27

secondary

#7284CB

accent

#62E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C27

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

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