#BA9941#BA9941

#BA9941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9941
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 65.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 2.36, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 49.57, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0031 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.113 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5967, 33.6051, 9.7695)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9941 #4162BA

analogous

#BA5C41 #BA9941 #9FBA41

triadic

#BA9941 #41BA99 #9941BA

tetradic

#BA9941 #41BA5C #4162BA #BA419F

square

#BA9941 #41BA5C #4162BA #BA419F

split-complementary

#BA9941 #419FBA #5C41BA

monochromatic

#5F4E21 #8D7431 #BA9941 #CCB26C #DCCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BA9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BA9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9941

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9941	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b679',
    500: '#ba9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9941;
$custom-light: #d2b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9941

secondary

#8F9FC8

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9941

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

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