#BA9E40#BA9E40

#BA9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E40
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -0.40, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 51.38, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0051 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.117 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4036, 35.2648, 9.8968)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E40 #405CBA

analogous

#BA6140 #BA9E40 #99BA40

triadic

#BA9E40 #40BA9E #9E40BA

tetradic

#BA9E40 #40BA61 #405CBA #BA4099

square

#BA9E40 #40BA61 #405CBA #BA4099

split-complementary

#BA9E40 #4099BA #6140BA

monochromatic

#5F5121 #8C7730 #BA9E40 #CCB66B #DCCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BA9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BA9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E40

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E40	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba79',
    500: '#ba9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e40;
$custom-light: #d2ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70644,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E40

secondary

#8E9BC8

accent

#6FD84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E40

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

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