#BA997E#BA997E

#BA997E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.055 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA997E
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(27, 30%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 32%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 32.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 8.31, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 20.57, 66.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0265 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.055 61)
XYZ	xyz(35.4075, 34.7295, 24.5730)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA997E #7E9FBA

analogous

#BA7E81 #BA997E #BAB77E

triadic

#BA997E #7EBA99 #997EBA

tetradic

#BA997E #81BA7E #7E9FBA #B77EBA

square

#BA997E #81BA7E #7E9FBA #B77EBA

split-complementary

#BA997E #7EBAB7 #7E81BA

monochromatic

#7C5C42 #A37A57 #BA997E #CFB9A6 #E5D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BA997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BA997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA997E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA997E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C49292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.055 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7a3',
    500: '#ba997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba997e;
$custom-light: #cfb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 30.303,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.05463,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.34728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA997E

secondary

#BFCBD5

accent

#78A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F3

border

#D2D0CD

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA997E

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

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