#BA9838#BA9838

#BA9838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9838
RGB	rgb(186, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 2.38, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 53.21, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.002 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.119 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1935, 33.1831, 8.4499)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9838 #385ABA

analogous

#BA5738 #BA9838 #9BBA38

triadic

#BA9838 #38BA98 #9838BA

tetradic

#BA9838 #38BA57 #385ABA #BA389B

square

#BA9838 #38BA57 #385ABA #BA389B

split-complementary

#BA9838 #389BBA #5738BA

monochromatic

#5C4B1C #8B722A #BA9838 #CFB260 #DDC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BA9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BA9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9838

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9838	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.119 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b674',
    500: '#ba9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9838;
$custom-light: #d2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69325,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9838

secondary

#8697C8

accent

#71DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9838

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

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