#BA8A38#BA8A38

#BA8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.114 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8A38
RGB	rgb(186, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 10.05, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 50.41, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0242 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.114 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0539, 28.9039, 7.7367)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8A38 #3868BA

analogous

#BA4938 #BA8A38 #A9BA38

triadic

#BA8A38 #38BA8A #8A38BA

tetradic

#BA8A38 #38BA49 #3868BA #BA38A9

square

#BA8A38 #38BA49 #3868BA #BA38A9

split-complementary

#BA8A38 #38A9BA #4938BA

monochromatic

#5C441C #8B672A #BA8A38 #CFA660 #DDC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#BA8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#BA8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8A38

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8A38	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.114 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac73',
    500: '#ba8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8a38;
$custom-light: #d3ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8A38

secondary

#869EC8

accent

#81DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8A38

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

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