#BA9C2A#BA9C2A

#BA9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C2A
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -0.44, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 59.57, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0077 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5579, 34.3851, 7.1122)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C2A #2A48BA

analogous

#BA542A #BA9C2A #90BA2A

triadic

#BA9C2A #2ABA9C #9C2ABA

tetradic

#BA9C2A #2ABA54 #2A48BA #BA2A90

square

#BA9C2A #2ABA54 #2A48BA #BA2A90

split-complementary

#BA9C2A #2A90BA #542ABA

monochromatic

#564813 #88721F #BA9C2A #D6B94B #E2CD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BA9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C2A

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C2A	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b86d',
    500: '#ba9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c2a;
$custom-light: #d3b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70051,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C2A

secondary

#7687CA

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C2A

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

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