#BA9D2B#BA9D2B

#BA9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D2B
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -0.94, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 59.47, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.009 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(32.7445, 34.7294, 7.2638)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D2B #2B48BA

analogous

#BA552B #BA9D2B #90BA2B

triadic

#BA9D2B #2BBA9D #9D2BBA

tetradic

#BA9D2B #2BBA55 #2B48BA #BA2B90

square

#BA9D2B #2BBA55 #2B48BA #BA2B90

split-complementary

#BA9D2B #2B90BA #552BBA

monochromatic

#574914 #887320 #BA9D2B #D6BA4C #E1CD7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BA9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D2B

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D2B	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b96d',
    500: '#ba9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d2b;
$custom-light: #d3b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.13037,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.34727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D2B

secondary

#7788CA

accent

#63E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D2B

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

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