#BA8938#BA8938

#BA8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.114 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8938
RGB	rgb(186, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 10.60, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 50.26, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% 0.0258 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.114 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9111, 28.6182, 7.6891)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8938 #3869BA

analogous

#BA4838 #BA8938 #AABA38

triadic

#BA8938 #38BA89 #8938BA

tetradic

#BA8938 #38BA48 #3869BA #BA38AA

square

#BA8938 #38BA48 #3869BA #BA38AA

split-complementary

#BA8938 #38AABA #4838BA

monochromatic

#5C441C #8B662A #BA8938 #CFA560 #DDC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BA8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#BA8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8938

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8938	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)

#9B8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.114 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab73',
    500: '#ba8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8938;
$custom-light: #d3ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66289,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8938

secondary

#869FC8

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8938

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

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