#BA9853#BA9853

#BA9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.097 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9853
RGB	rgb(186, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 55.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 4.23, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 40.89, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0108 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.097 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0407, 33.5220, 12.9120)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9853 #5375BA

analogous

#BA6453 #BA9853 #A9BA53

triadic

#BA9853 #53BA98 #9853BA

tetradic

#BA9853 #53BA64 #5375BA #BA53A9

square

#BA9853 #53BA64 #5375BA #BA53A9

split-complementary

#BA9853 #53A9BA #6453BA

monochromatic

#69542A #94773B #BA9853 #CCB27F #DDCCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BA9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9853

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9853	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.097 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b685',
    500: '#ba9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9853;
$custom-light: #d1b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.194,
    "s": 42.739,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69627,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9853

secondary

#9EADCB

accent

#7FD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9853

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

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