#BA8738#BA8738

#BA8738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.113 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8738
RGB	rgb(186, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 11.70, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 49.99, 76.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0291 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.113 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6294, 28.0549, 7.5952)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8738 #386BBA

analogous

#BA4638 #BA8738 #ACBA38

triadic

#BA8738 #38BA87 #8738BA

tetradic

#BA8738 #38BA46 #386BBA #BA38AC

square

#BA8738 #38BA46 #386BBA #BA38AC

split-complementary

#BA8738 #38ACBA #4638BA

monochromatic

#5C431C #8B652A #BA8738 #CFA460 #DDBF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BA8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BA8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8738

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8738	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.113 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a972',
    500: '#ba8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8738;
$custom-light: #d3a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8738

secondary

#86A0C8

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8738

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

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