#BA8E23#BA8E23

#BA8E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8E23
RGB	rgb(186, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 81.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 6.92, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 59.03, 83.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0126 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.127 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2281, 29.9087, 5.7707)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8E23 #234FBA

analogous

#BA4323 #BA8E23 #9ABA23

triadic

#BA8E23 #23BA8E #8E23BA

tetradic

#BA8E23 #23BA43 #234FBA #BA239A

square

#BA8E23 #23BA43 #234FBA #BA239A

split-complementary

#BA8E23 #239ABA #4323BA

monochromatic

#533F10 #866719 #BA8E23 #DBAE3F #E5C373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BA8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BA8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8E23

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8E23	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)

#A18E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ae68',
    500: '#ba8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8e23;
$custom-light: #d4ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.517,
    "s": 68.326,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67131,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8E23

secondary

#6D89CC

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8E23

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

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