#BA9C2B#BA9C2B

#BA9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C2B
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -0.40, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 59.22, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0075 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5760, 34.3924, 7.2076)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C2B #2B49BA

analogous

#BA552B #BA9C2B #90BA2B

triadic

#BA9C2B #2BBA9C #9C2BBA

tetradic

#BA9C2B #2BBA55 #2B49BA #BA2B90

square

#BA9C2B #2BBA55 #2B49BA #BA2B90

split-complementary

#BA9C2B #2B90BA #552BBA

monochromatic

#574914 #887220 #BA9C2B #D6B94C #E1CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BA9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C2B

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b86d',
    500: '#ba9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c2b;
$custom-light: #d3b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70057,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C2B

secondary

#7788CA

accent

#65E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C2B

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

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