#BA8942#BA8942

#BA8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.106 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8942
RGB	rgb(186, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 11.20, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 45.88, 75.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.029 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.106 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1806, 28.7260, 9.1083)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8942 #4273BA

analogous

#BA4D42 #BA8942 #AFBA42

triadic

#BA8942 #42BA89 #8942BA

tetradic

#BA8942 #42BA4D #4273BA #BA42AF

square

#BA8942 #42BA4D #4273BA #BA42AF

split-complementary

#BA8942 #42AFBA #4D42BA

monochromatic

#604622 #8D6832 #BA8942 #CBA56E #DBC19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BA8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BA8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8942

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8942	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.106 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab79',
    500: '#ba8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8942;
$custom-light: #d2ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66395,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8942

secondary

#90A7C8

accent

#88D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8942

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

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