#BA9938#BA9938

#BA9938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.120 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9938
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, 1.83, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 53.46, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% 0.0004 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.12 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3565, 33.5091, 8.5043)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9938 #3859BA

analogous

#BA5838 #BA9938 #9ABA38

triadic

#BA9938 #38BA99 #9938BA

tetradic

#BA9938 #38BA58 #3859BA #BA389A

square

#BA9938 #38BA58 #3859BA #BA389A

split-complementary

#BA9938 #389ABA #5838BA

monochromatic

#5C4C1C #8B722A #BA9938 #CFB360 #DDC98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BA9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BA9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9938

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9938	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.120 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b674',
    500: '#ba9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9938;
$custom-light: #d2b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69531,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9938

secondary

#8697C8

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9938

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

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