#BA9987#BA9987

#BA9987 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.047 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9987
RGB	rgb(186, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(21, 27%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 27%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 27.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 9.54, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 17.00, 55.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0302 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.047 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0146, 34.9723, 27.7702)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9987 #87A8BA

analogous

#BA878E #BA9987 #BAB287

triadic

#BA9987 #87BA99 #9987BA

tetradic

#BA9987 #8EBA87 #87A8BA #B287BA

square

#BA9987 #8EBA87 #87A8BA #B287BA

split-complementary

#BA9987 #87BAB2 #878EBA

monochromatic

#7E5B49 #A47860 #BA9987 #D0BAAE #E7DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BA9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BA9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9987

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9987	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.047 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb7aa',
    500: '#ba9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9987;
$custom-light: #cfb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.176,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70815,
    "c": 0.04717,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9987

secondary

#C5D1D8

accent

#82A640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9987

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

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