#BA9541#BA9541

#BA9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9541
RGB	rgb(186, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, 4.54, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 48.59, 84.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.0094 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.111 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9530, 32.3177, 9.5549)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9541 #4166BA

analogous

#BA5941 #BA9541 #A3BA41

triadic

#BA9541 #41BA95 #9541BA

tetradic

#BA9541 #41BA59 #4166BA #BA41A3

square

#BA9541 #41BA59 #4166BA #BA41A3

split-complementary

#BA9541 #41A3BA #5941BA

monochromatic

#5F4C21 #8D7131 #BA9541 #CCAF6C #DCC79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BA9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BA9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9541

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9541	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)

#A69438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b379',
    500: '#ba9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9541;
$custom-light: #d2b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.653,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68796,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9541

secondary

#8FA0C8

accent

#7AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9541

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

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