#BA8A40#BA8A40

#BA8A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8A40
RGB	rgb(186, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, 10.52, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 46.92, 77.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0267 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.108 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2654, 28.9885, 8.8508)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8A40 #4070BA

analogous

#BA4D40 #BA8A40 #ADBA40

triadic

#BA8A40 #40BA8A #8A40BA

tetradic

#BA8A40 #40BA4D #4070BA #BA40AD

square

#BA8A40 #40BA4D #4070BA #BA40AD

split-complementary

#BA8A40 #40ADBA #4D40BA

monochromatic

#5F4621 #8C6830 #BA8A40 #CCA66B #DCC199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BA8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BA8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8A40

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8A40	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac78',
    500: '#ba8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8a40;
$custom-light: #d2ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.393,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6657,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8A40

secondary

#8EA5C8

accent

#85D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8A40

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

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