#BA8438#BA8438

#BA8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.113 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8438
RGB	rgb(186, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 13.37, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 49.63, 74.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% 0.0339 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.113 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2167, 27.2295, 7.4577)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8438 #386EBA

analogous

#BA4338 #BA8438 #AFBA38

triadic

#BA8438 #38BA84 #8438BA

tetradic

#BA8438 #38BA43 #386EBA #BA38AF

square

#BA8438 #38BA43 #386EBA #BA38AF

split-complementary

#BA8438 #38AFBA #4338BA

monochromatic

#5C411C #8B632A #BA8438 #CFA160 #DDBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BA8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#BA8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8438

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8438	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.113 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a772',
    500: '#ba8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8438;
$custom-light: #d3a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65307,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8438

secondary

#86A1C8

accent

#88DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8438

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

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