#BA994E#BA994E

#BA994E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.102 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA994E
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 3.28, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 43.55, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0074 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.102 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0176, 33.7735, 11.9861)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA994E #4E6FBA

analogous

#BA634E #BA994E #A5BA4E

triadic

#BA994E #4EBA99 #994EBA

tetradic

#BA994E #4EBA63 #4E6FBA #BA4EA5

square

#BA994E #4EBA63 #4E6FBA #BA4EA5

split-complementary

#BA994E #4EA5BA #634EBA

monochromatic

#665328 #927739 #BA994E #CBB27A #DCCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BA994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BA994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA994E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA994E	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.102 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b682',
    500: '#ba994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba994e;
$custom-light: #d1b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69766,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA994E

secondary

#9AA9CA

accent

#7BD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA994E

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

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