#BA9842#BA9842

#BA9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.112 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9842
RGB	rgb(186, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 2.97, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 48.86, 86.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0049 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.112 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4630, 33.2909, 9.8691)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9842 #4264BA

analogous

#BA5C42 #BA9842 #A0BA42

triadic

#BA9842 #42BA98 #9842BA

tetradic

#BA9842 #42BA5C #4264BA #BA42A0

square

#BA9842 #42BA5C #4264BA #BA42A0

split-complementary

#BA9842 #42A0BA #5C42BA

monochromatic

#604E22 #8D7332 #BA9842 #CBB16E #DBC99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BA9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BA9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9842

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9842	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.112 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67a',
    500: '#ba9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9842;
$custom-light: #d2b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69421,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9842

secondary

#90A0C8

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9842

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

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