#BA9C2C#BA9C2C

#BA9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C2C
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -0.36, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 58.87, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0073 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.129 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5946, 34.3998, 7.3054)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C2C #2C4ABA

analogous

#BA552C #BA9C2C #91BA2C

triadic

#BA9C2C #2CBA9C #9C2CBA

tetradic

#BA9C2C #2CBA55 #2C4ABA #BA2C91

square

#BA9C2C #2CBA55 #2C4ABA #BA2C91

split-complementary

#BA9C2C #2C91BA #552CBA

monochromatic

#574915 #897220 #BA9C2C #D5B94E #E1CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BA9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C2C

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b86e',
    500: '#ba9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c2c;
$custom-light: #d3b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70064,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C2C

secondary

#7889CA

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C2C

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

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