#BA8937#BA8937

#BA8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8937
RGB	rgb(186, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 10.54, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 50.68, 77.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0255 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.114 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8869, 28.6085, 7.5616)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8937 #3768BA

analogous

#BA4737 #BA8937 #AABA37

triadic

#BA8937 #37BA89 #8937BA

tetradic

#BA8937 #37BA47 #3768BA #BA37AA

square

#BA8937 #37BA47 #3768BA #BA37AA

split-complementary

#BA8937 #37AABA #4737BA

monochromatic

#5C431B #8B6629 #BA8937 #D0A55F #DEC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BA8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BA8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8937

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8937	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab72',
    500: '#ba8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8937;
$custom-light: #d3ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6628,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8937

secondary

#859EC8

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8937

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

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