#BA9738#BA9738

#BA9738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9738
RGB	rgb(186, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 2.92, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 52.97, 86.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0035 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.119 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0319, 32.8598, 8.3961)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9738 #385BBA

analogous

#BA5638 #BA9738 #9CBA38

triadic

#BA9738 #38BA97 #9738BA

tetradic

#BA9738 #38BA56 #385BBA #BA389C

square

#BA9738 #38BA56 #385BBA #BA389C

split-complementary

#BA9738 #389CBA #5638BA

monochromatic

#5C4B1C #8B712A #BA9738 #CFB160 #DDC88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BA9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BA9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9738

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9738	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b574',
    500: '#ba9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9738;
$custom-light: #d3b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69119,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9738

secondary

#8698C8

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9738

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

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