#BA9E2E#BA9E2E

#BA9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E2E
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -1.35, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 58.66, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0099 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9715, 35.0920, 7.6210)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E2E #2E4ABA

analogous

#BA582E #BA9E2E #90BA2E

triadic

#BA9E2E #2EBA9E #9E2EBA

tetradic

#BA9E2E #2EBA58 #2E4ABA #BA2E90

square

#BA9E2E #2EBA58 #2E4ABA #BA2E90

split-complementary

#BA9E2E #2E90BA #582EBA

monochromatic

#584B16 #897422 #BA9E2E #D4BA51 #E0CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BA9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BA9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E2E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E2E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba6f',
    500: '#ba9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e2e;
$custom-light: #d3ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70495,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E2E

secondary

#7B8AC9

accent

#64E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E2E

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

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