#BA996D#BA996D

#BA996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.071 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA996D
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(34, 36%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 41.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 6.24, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 28.42, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0194 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.071 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4023, 34.3274, 19.2788)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA996D #6D8EBA

analogous

#BA726D #BA996D #B4BA6D

triadic

#BA996D #6DBA99 #996DBA

tetradic

#BA996D #6DBA72 #6D8EBA #BA6DB4

square

#BA996D #6DBA72 #6D8EBA #BA6DB4

split-complementary

#BA996D #6DB4BA #726DBA

monochromatic

#755B37 #9F7B4B #BA996D #CEB697 #E1D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BA996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BA996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA996D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA996D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.071 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b797',
    500: '#ba996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba996d;
$custom-light: #d0b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 35.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.0713,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA996D

secondary

#B2BFD1

accent

#8CCC5C

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA996D

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

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