#BA9237#BA9237

#BA9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9237
RGB	rgb(186, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 5.59, 51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 52.27, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0111 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.117 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2200, 31.2748, 8.0060)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9237 #375FBA

analogous

#BA5037 #BA9237 #A1BA37

triadic

#BA9237 #37BA92 #9237BA

tetradic

#BA9237 #37BA50 #375FBA #BA37A1

square

#BA9237 #37BA50 #375FBA #BA37A1

split-complementary

#BA9237 #37A1BA #5037BA

monochromatic

#5C481B #8B6D29 #BA9237 #D0AD5F #DEC58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BA9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BA9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9237

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9237	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b173',
    500: '#ba9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9237;
$custom-light: #d3b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68087,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9237

secondary

#8599C8

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9237

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

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