#BA985E#BA985E

#BA985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.086 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA985E
RGB	rgb(186, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(38, 40%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 49.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 5.22, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 35.53, 81.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.015 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.086 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.4996, 33.7055, 15.3288)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA985E #5E80BA

analogous

#BA6A5E #BA985E #AEBA5E

triadic

#BA985E #5EBA98 #985EBA

tetradic

#BA985E #5EBA6A #5E80BA #BA5EAE

square

#BA985E #5EBA6A #5E80BA #BA5EAE

split-complementary

#BA985E #5EAEBA #6A5EBA

monochromatic

#6E572F #997942 #BA985E #CCB389 #DFCFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BA985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA985E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA985E	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.086 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b68c',
    500: '#ba985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba985e;
$custom-light: #d1b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.33704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA985E

secondary

#A7B5CD

accent

#84D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA985E

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

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