#BA8B3B#BA8B3B

#BA8B3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.112 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8B3B
RGB	rgb(186, 139, 59)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 68.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 9.67, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 49.28, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0235 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.112 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2736, 29.2223, 8.1828)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8B3B #3B6ABA

analogous

#BA4B3B #BA8B3B #AABA3B

triadic

#BA8B3B #3BBA8B #8B3BBA

tetradic

#BA8B3B #3BBA4B #3B6ABA #BA3BAA

square

#BA8B3B #3BBA4B #3B6ABA #BA3BAA

split-complementary

#BA8B3B #3BAABA #4B3BBA

monochromatic

#5D461E #8C682C #BA8B3B #CEA764 #DDC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BA8B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#BA8B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8B3B

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8B3B	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA7E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 139, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.112 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac75',
    500: '#ba8b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8b3b;
$custom-light: #d3ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.795,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66716,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8B3B

secondary

#89A0C8

accent

#81DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8B3B

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

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