#BA9F2C#BA9F2C

#BA9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F2C
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -1.97, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 59.64, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0118 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1042, 35.4191, 7.4753)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F2C #2C47BA

analogous

#BA582C #BA9F2C #8EBA2C

triadic

#BA9F2C #2CBA9F #9F2CBA

tetradic

#BA9F2C #2CBA58 #2C47BA #BA2C8E

square

#BA9F2C #2CBA58 #2C47BA #BA2C8E

split-complementary

#BA9F2C #2C8EBA #582CBA

monochromatic

#574A15 #897520 #BA9F2C #D5BB4E #E1CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BA9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BA9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F2C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F2C	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb6e',
    500: '#ba9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f2c;
$custom-light: #d3bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70692,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F2C

secondary

#7888CA

accent

#62E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F2C

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

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