#BA9540#BA9540

#BA9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9540
RGB	rgb(186, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 4.48, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 49.03, 84.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0091 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.112 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9243, 32.3062, 9.4037)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9540 #4065BA

analogous

#BA5840 #BA9540 #A2BA40

triadic

#BA9540 #40BA95 #9540BA

tetradic

#BA9540 #40BA58 #4065BA #BA40A2

square

#BA9540 #40BA58 #4065BA #BA40A2

split-complementary

#BA9540 #40A2BA #5840BA

monochromatic

#5F4C21 #8C7130 #BA9540 #CCAF6B #DCC799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BA9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BA9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9540

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9540	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b378',
    500: '#ba9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9540;
$custom-light: #d2b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.803,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68785,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9540

secondary

#8EA0C8

accent

#79D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9540

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

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