#BA9235#BA9235

#BA9235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.118 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9235
RGB	rgb(186, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 71.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 5.49, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 53.10, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0106 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.118 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1730, 31.2560, 7.7586)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9235 #355DBA

analogous

#BA5035 #BA9235 #A0BA35

triadic

#BA9235 #35BA92 #9235BA

tetradic

#BA9235 #35BA50 #355DBA #BA35A0

square

#BA9235 #35BA50 #355DBA #BA35A0

split-complementary

#BA9235 #35A0BA #5035BA

monochromatic

#5B471A #8A6D27 #BA9235 #D0AD5C #DEC58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BA9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BA9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9235

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9235	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.118 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b172',
    500: '#ba9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9235;
$custom-light: #d3b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.955,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68069,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9235

secondary

#8297C8

accent

#76DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9235

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

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