#BA9C28#BA9C28

#BA9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C28
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 78.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -0.52, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 60.25, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0081 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5230, 34.3712, 6.9283)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C28 #2846BA

analogous

#BA5328 #BA9C28 #8FBA28

triadic

#BA9C28 #28BA9C #9C28BA

tetradic

#BA9C28 #28BA53 #2846BA #BA288F

square

#BA9C28 #28BA53 #2846BA #BA288F

split-complementary

#BA9C28 #288FBA #5328BA

monochromatic

#554812 #88721D #BA9C28 #D8BA48 #E2CD7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BA9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C28

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C28	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)

#AD990E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b86c',
    500: '#ba9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c28;
$custom-light: #d3b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 64.602,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70039,
    "c": 0.13136,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C28

secondary

#7385CA

accent

#63E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C28

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

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