#BA9D3C#BA9D3C

#BA9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9D3C
RGB	rgb(186, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -0.10, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 52.83, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0047 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.119 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1240, 34.8811, 9.2621)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9D3C #3C59BA

analogous

#BA5E3C #BA9D3C #98BA3C

triadic

#BA9D3C #3CBA9D #9D3CBA

tetradic

#BA9D3C #3CBA5E #3C59BA #BA3C98

square

#BA9D3C #3CBA5E #3C59BA #BA3C98

split-complementary

#BA9D3C #3C98BA #5E3CBA

monochromatic

#5D4F1E #8C762D #BA9D3C #CEB666 #DCCC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BA9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BA9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9D3C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9D3C	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b977',
    500: '#ba9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9d3c;
$custom-light: #d2b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9D3C

secondary

#8A98C8

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9D3C

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

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