#BA9C8A#BA9C8A

#BA9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.044 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA9C8A
RGB	rgb(186, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(23, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 25.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 8.32, 13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 15.92, 58.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0266 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.044 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7260, 36.0524, 29.0641)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA9C8A #8AA8BA

analogous

#BA8A90 #BA9C8A #BAB48A

triadic

#BA9C8A #8ABA9C #9C8ABA

tetradic

#BA9C8A #90BA8A #8AA8BA #B48ABA

square

#BA9C8A #90BA8A #8AA8BA #B48ABA

split-complementary

#BA9C8A #8ABAB4 #8A90BA

monochromatic

#7F5E4B #A37B64 #BA9C8A #D1BDB0 #E7DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BA9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BA9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BA9C8A

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BA9C8A	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA48A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C39797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.044 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb9ac',
    500: '#ba9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba9c8a;
$custom-light: #cfb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71487,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA9C8A

secondary

#C7D2D8

accent

#7FA441

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA9C8A

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

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