#BA9E48#BA9E48

#BA9E48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9E48
RGB	rgb(186, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 0.13, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 47.77, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0025 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.11 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6478, 35.3625, 11.1830)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9E48 #4864BA

analogous

#BA6548 #BA9E48 #9DBA48

triadic

#BA9E48 #48BA9E #9E48BA

tetradic

#BA9E48 #48BA65 #4864BA #BA489D

square

#BA9E48 #48BA65 #4864BA #BA489D

split-complementary

#BA9E48 #489DBA #6548BA

monochromatic

#625325 #8F7936 #BA9E48 #CBB674 #DCCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BA9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BA9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9E48

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9E48	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba7e',
    500: '#ba9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9e48;
$custom-light: #d2ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9E48

secondary

#96A2C8

accent

#73D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9E48

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

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