#BA9542#BA9542

#BA9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9542
RGB	rgb(186, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, 4.61, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 48.14, 84.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.0097 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.11 85)
XYZ	xyz(31.9822, 32.3293, 9.7089)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9542 #4267BA

analogous

#BA5942 #BA9542 #A3BA42

triadic

#BA9542 #42BA95 #9542BA

tetradic

#BA9542 #42BA59 #4267BA #BA42A3

square

#BA9542 #42BA59 #4267BA #BA42A3

split-complementary

#BA9542 #42A3BA #5942BA

monochromatic

#604D22 #8D7132 #BA9542 #CBAF6E #DBC89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BA9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BA9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9542

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9542	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b37a',
    500: '#ba9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9542;
$custom-light: #d2b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68806,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9542

secondary

#90A1C8

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9542

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

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