#BA9F2E#BA9F2E

#BA9F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9F2E
RGB	rgb(186, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -1.89, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 58.93, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0114 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.13 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.1427, 35.4345, 7.6781)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9F2E #2E49BA

analogous

#BA592E #BA9F2E #8FBA2E

triadic

#BA9F2E #2EBA9F #9F2EBA

tetradic

#BA9F2E #2EBA59 #2E49BA #BA2E8F

square

#BA9F2E #2EBA59 #2E49BA #BA2E8F

split-complementary

#BA9F2E #2E8FBA #592EBA

monochromatic

#584B16 #897522 #BA9F2E #D4BB51 #E0CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BA9F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BA9F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9F2E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9F2E	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb6f',
    500: '#ba9f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9f2e;
$custom-light: #d3bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70705,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.35433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9F2E

secondary

#7B8AC9

accent

#63E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9F2E

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

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