#BA9D2D#BA9D2D

#BA9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D2D
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -0.86, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 58.76, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0086 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.129 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7821, 34.7444, 7.4618)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D2D #2D4ABA

analogous

#BA572D #BA9D2D #90BA2D

triadic

#BA9D2D #2DBA9D #9D2DBA

tetradic

#BA9D2D #2DBA57 #2D4ABA #BA2D90

square

#BA9D2D #2DBA57 #2D4ABA #BA2D90

split-complementary

#BA9D2D #2D90BA #572DBA

monochromatic

#574A15 #897321 #BA9D2D #D5B950 #E0CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BA9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D2D

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D2D	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)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b96e',
    500: '#ba9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d2d;
$custom-light: #d3b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70279,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D2D

secondary

#798AC9

accent

#65E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D2D

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

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