#BA9948#BA9948

#BA9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9948
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 2.84, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 46.38, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0053 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.107 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8122, 33.6913, 10.9044)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9948 #4869BA

analogous

#BA6048 #BA9948 #A2BA48

triadic

#BA9948 #48BA99 #9948BA

tetradic

#BA9948 #48BA60 #4869BA #BA48A2

square

#BA9948 #48BA60 #4869BA #BA48A2

split-complementary

#BA9948 #48A2BA #6048BA

monochromatic

#625125 #8F7536 #BA9948 #CBB274 #DCCBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BA9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9948

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9948	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)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b67e',
    500: '#ba9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9948;
$custom-light: #d2b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69693,
    "c": 0.10718,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9948

secondary

#96A4C8

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9948

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

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