#BA8940#BA8940

#BA8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.108 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8940
RGB	rgb(186, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 11.07, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 46.78, 76.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0283 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.108 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1226, 28.7028, 8.8032)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8940 #4071BA

analogous

#BA4C40 #BA8940 #AEBA40

triadic

#BA8940 #40BA89 #8940BA

tetradic

#BA8940 #40BA4C #4071BA #BA40AE

square

#BA8940 #40BA4C #4071BA #BA40AE

split-complementary

#BA8940 #40AEBA #4C40BA

monochromatic

#5F4621 #8C6730 #BA8940 #CCA56B #DCC199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BA8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BA8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8940

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8940	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.108 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ab78',
    500: '#ba8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8940;
$custom-light: #d3ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8940

secondary

#8EA5C8

accent

#86D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8940

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

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