#BA842A#BA842A

#BA842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA842A
RGB	rgb(186, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 12.69, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 55.24, 76.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0301 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.121 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9210, 27.1112, 5.8998)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA842A #2A60BA

analogous

#BA3C2A #BA842A #A8BA2A

triadic

#BA842A #2ABA84 #842ABA

tetradic

#BA842A #2ABA3C #2A60BA #BA2AA8

square

#BA842A #2ABA3C #2A60BA #BA2AA8

split-complementary

#BA842A #2AA8BA #3C2ABA

monochromatic

#563D13 #88611F #BA842A #D6A24B #E2BC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#BA842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#BA842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA842A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA842A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a76a',
    500: '#ba842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba842a;
$custom-light: #d4a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65187,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA842A

secondary

#7695CA

accent

#7FE642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA842A

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

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