#BA9438#BA9438

#BA9438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9438
RGB	rgb(186, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 4.55, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 52.28, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0082 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.117 86)
XYZ	xyz(31.5552, 31.9065, 8.2372)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9438 #385EBA

analogous

#BA5338 #BA9438 #9FBA38

triadic

#BA9438 #38BA94 #9438BA

tetradic

#BA9438 #38BA53 #385EBA #BA389F

square

#BA9438 #38BA53 #385EBA #BA389F

split-complementary

#BA9438 #389FBA #5338BA

monochromatic

#5C491C #8B6F2A #BA9438 #CFAF60 #DDC68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BA9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BA9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9438

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9438	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b374',
    500: '#ba9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9438;
$custom-light: #d3b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.31904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9438

secondary

#8699C8

accent

#75DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5ED

border

#D3CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9438

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

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