#BA7537#BA7537

#BA7537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.116 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA7537
RGB	rgb(186, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 21.62, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 49.34, 64.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0582 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.116 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3027, 23.4402, 6.7002)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA7537 #377CBA

analogous

#BA373A #BA7537 #BAB737

triadic

#BA7537 #37BA75 #7537BA

tetradic

#BA7537 #3ABA37 #377CBA #B737BA

square

#BA7537 #3ABA37 #377CBA #B737BA

split-complementary

#BA7537 #37BAB7 #373ABA

monochromatic

#5C3A1B #8B5729 #BA7537 #D0945F #DEB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#BA7537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#BA7537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA7537

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA7537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA7537	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba7537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.116 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49d71',
    500: '#ba7537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba7537;
$custom-light: #d49d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba7537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.397,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62456,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA7537

secondary

#85A8C8

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA7537

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

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