#BA9E27#BA9E27

#BA9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.133 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E27
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 79%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -1.63, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 61.08, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0114 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.133 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8446, 35.0412, 6.9527)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E27 #2743BA

analogous

#BA5427 #BA9E27 #8DBA27

triadic

#BA9E27 #27BA9E #9E27BA

tetradic

#BA9E27 #27BA54 #2743BA #BA278D

square

#BA9E27 #27BA54 #2743BA #BA278D

split-complementary

#BA9E27 #278DBA #5427BA

monochromatic

#554812 #87731C #BA9E27 #D8BC46 #E3CF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BA9E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E27

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E27	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.133 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba6c',
    500: '#ba9e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e27;
$custom-light: #d3ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E27

secondary

#7283CB

accent

#60E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E27

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

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