#BA8E40#BA8E40

#BA8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA8E40
RGB	rgb(186, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, 8.32, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 47.58, 79.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0202 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.109 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8499, 30.1574, 9.0456)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA8E40 #406CBA

analogous

#BA5140 #BA8E40 #A9BA40

triadic

#BA8E40 #40BA8E #8E40BA

tetradic

#BA8E40 #40BA51 #406CBA #BA40A9

square

#BA8E40 #40BA51 #406CBA #BA40A9

split-complementary

#BA8E40 #40A9BA #5140BA

monochromatic

#5F4821 #8C6B30 #BA8E40 #CCA96B #DCC499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BA8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BA8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA8E40

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA8E40	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae78',
    500: '#ba8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba8e40;
$custom-light: #d2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67368,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA8E40

secondary

#8EA3C8

accent

#81D84F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA8E40

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

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