#BA8638#BA8638

#BA8638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.113 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8638
RGB	rgb(186, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 12.26, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 49.86, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.0307 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.113 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4906, 27.7772, 7.5489)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8638 #386CBA

analogous

#BA4538 #BA8638 #ADBA38

triadic

#BA8638 #38BA86 #8638BA

tetradic

#BA8638 #38BA45 #386CBA #BA38AD

square

#BA8638 #38BA45 #386CBA #BA38AD

split-complementary

#BA8638 #38ADBA #4538BA

monochromatic

#5C421C #8B642A #BA8638 #CFA360 #DDBE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BA8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BA8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8638

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8638	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.113 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a972',
    500: '#ba8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8638;
$custom-light: #d3a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65698,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8638

secondary

#86A0C8

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8638

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

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