#BA8A42#BA8A42

#BA8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.107 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8A42
RGB	rgb(186, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, 10.65, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 46.03, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% 0.0274 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.107 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3234, 29.0116, 9.1559)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8A42 #4272BA

analogous

#BA4E42 #BA8A42 #AEBA42

triadic

#BA8A42 #42BA8A #8A42BA

tetradic

#BA8A42 #42BA4E #4272BA #BA42AE

square

#BA8A42 #42BA4E #4272BA #BA42AE

split-complementary

#BA8A42 #42AEBA #4E42BA

monochromatic

#604722 #8D6832 #BA8A42 #CBA66E #DBC29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BA8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BA8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8A42

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8A42	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)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.107 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac79',
    500: '#ba8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8a42;
$custom-light: #d2ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66593,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8A42

secondary

#90A6C8

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8A42

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

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