#BA9937#BA9937

#BA9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9937
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 1.78, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 53.87, 88.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% 0.0001 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.12 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3323, 33.4994, 8.3767)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9937 #3758BA

analogous

#BA5737 #BA9937 #9ABA37

triadic

#BA9937 #37BA99 #9937BA

tetradic

#BA9937 #37BA57 #3758BA #BA379A

square

#BA9937 #37BA57 #3758BA #BA379A

split-complementary

#BA9937 #379ABA #5737BA

monochromatic

#5C4B1B #8B7229 #BA9937 #D0B35F #DEC98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BA9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9937

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9937	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b673',
    500: '#ba9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9937;
$custom-light: #d3b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 54.357,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69523,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9937

secondary

#8596C8

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9937

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

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