#BA8538#BA8538

#BA8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.113 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8538
RGB	rgb(186, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 12.81, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 49.74, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.0323 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.113 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3530, 27.5020, 7.5031)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8538 #386DBA

analogous

#BA4438 #BA8538 #AEBA38

triadic

#BA8538 #38BA85 #8538BA

tetradic

#BA8538 #38BA44 #386DBA #BA38AE

square

#BA8538 #38BA44 #386DBA #BA38AE

split-complementary

#BA8538 #38AEBA #4438BA

monochromatic

#5C421C #8B632A #BA8538 #CFA260 #DDBD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BA8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BA8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8538

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8538	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.113 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a872',
    500: '#ba8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8538;
$custom-light: #d3a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65502,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8538

secondary

#86A1C8

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8538

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

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