#BAA261#BAA261

#BAA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.089 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAA261
RGB	rgb(186, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 47.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 0.08, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 36.89, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0003 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.089 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3289, 37.1444, 16.6156)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAA261 #6179BA

analogous

#BA7561 #BAA261 #A5BA61

triadic

#BAA261 #61BAA2 #A261BA

tetradic

#BAA261 #61BA75 #6179BA #BA61A5

square

#BAA261 #61BA75 #6179BA #BA61A5

split-complementary

#BAA261 #61A5BA #7561BA

monochromatic

#705F31 #9A8343 #BAA261 #CDBB8C #DFD4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#BAA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#BAA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAA261

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAA261	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #baa261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.089 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0bd8f',
    500: '#baa261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #baa261;
$custom-light: #d0bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#baa261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.82,
    "s": 39.207,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAA261

secondary

#A9B3CE

accent

#79CF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAA261

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

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