#BA8542#BA8542

#BA8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.106 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8542
RGB	rgb(186, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 13.42, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 45.39, 72.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0355 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.106 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6225, 27.6098, 8.9223)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8542 #4277BA

analogous

#BA4942 #BA8542 #B3BA42

triadic

#BA8542 #42BA85 #8542BA

tetradic

#BA8542 #42BA49 #4277BA #BA42B3

square

#BA8542 #42BA49 #4277BA #BA42B3

split-complementary

#BA8542 #42B3BA #4942BA

monochromatic

#604422 #8D6532 #BA8542 #CBA26E #DBBF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BA8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BA8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8542

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8542	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.106 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a879',
    500: '#ba8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8542;
$custom-light: #d3a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65611,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8542

secondary

#90A9C8

accent

#8CD751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8542

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

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