#BA9D27#BA9D27

#BA9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D27
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -1.10, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 60.83, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0099 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.133 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6747, 34.7014, 6.8961)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D27 #2744BA

analogous

#BA5427 #BA9D27 #8EBA27

triadic

#BA9D27 #27BA9D #9D27BA

tetradic

#BA9D27 #27BA54 #2744BA #BA278E

square

#BA9D27 #27BA54 #2744BA #BA278E

split-complementary

#BA9D27 #278EBA #5427BA

monochromatic

#554812 #87721C #BA9D27 #D8BB46 #E3CE79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BA9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D27

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D27	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b96b',
    500: '#ba9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d27;
$custom-light: #d3b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70242,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D27

secondary

#7284CB

accent

#61E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D27

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

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