#BA9D2E#BA9D2E

#BA9D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D2E
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -0.82, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 58.40, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0083 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.129 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8016, 34.7522, 7.5644)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D2E #2E4BBA

analogous

#BA572E #BA9D2E #91BA2E

triadic

#BA9D2E #2EBA9D #9D2EBA

tetradic

#BA9D2E #2EBA57 #2E4BBA #BA2E91

square

#BA9D2E #2EBA57 #2E4BBA #BA2E91

split-complementary

#BA9D2E #2E91BA #572EBA

monochromatic

#584A16 #897422 #BA9D2E #D4B951 #E0CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BA9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D2E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D2E	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b96f',
    500: '#ba9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d2e;
$custom-light: #d3b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D2E

secondary

#7B8BC9

accent

#65E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D2E

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

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