#BA8A74#BA8A74

#BA8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.067 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8A74
RGB	rgb(186, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(19, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 37.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 15.34, 18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 24.37, 50.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.0468 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.067 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4916, 29.8789, 20.5754)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8A74 #74A4BA

analogous

#BA7481 #BA8A74 #BAAD74

triadic

#BA8A74 #74BA8A #8A74BA

tetradic

#BA8A74 #81BA74 #74A4BA #AD74BA

square

#BA8A74 #81BA74 #74A4BA #AD74BA

split-complementary

#BA8A74 #74BAAD #7481BA

monochromatic

#784F3C #A16950 #BA8A74 #CEAC9D #E3CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BA8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BA8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8A74

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8A74	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.067 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ac9c',
    500: '#ba8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8a74;
$custom-light: #d0ac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.857,
    "s": 33.654,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6743,
    "c": 0.06698,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8A74

secondary

#B7CAD3

accent

#A8CA5E

background

#FCFAF9

surface

#F9F4F2

border

#D2CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#827F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8A74

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

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