#BA9E2C#BA9E2C

#BA9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E2C
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -1.44, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 59.38, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0103 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.13 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9330, 35.0766, 7.4182)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E2C #2C48BA

analogous

#BA572C #BA9E2C #8FBA2C

triadic

#BA9E2C #2CBA9E #9E2CBA

tetradic

#BA9E2C #2CBA57 #2C48BA #BA2C8F

square

#BA9E2C #2CBA57 #2C48BA #BA2C8F

split-complementary

#BA9E2C #2C8FBA #572CBA

monochromatic

#574A15 #897420 #BA9E2C #D5BB4E #E1CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BA9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E2C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E2C	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)

#AF9B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba6e',
    500: '#ba9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e2c;
$custom-light: #d3ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70482,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E2C

secondary

#7888CA

accent

#63E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E2C

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

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