#ba831f

Color #ba831f

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 6.06 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ba831f

RGB

rgb(186, 131, 31)

HSL

hsl(38.7, 71.4%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(38.7, 83.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 83.3%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(58.76, 12.86, 57.49)

LCH

lch(58.76, 58.91, 77.39)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.1266, 76.57)

HWB

hwb(38.7, 12.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1f56ba

Analogous

#ba351f

#ba831f

#a3ba1f

Triadic

#ba831f

#1fba83

#831fba

Split-complementary

#ba831f

#1fa3ba

#351fba

Tetradic

#ba831f

#56ba1f

#1f56ba

#831fba

Square

#ba831f

#1fba35

#1f56ba

#ba1fa3

Shades

Color #ba831f mixed toward black.

#9b6d1a

#7c5715

#5d410f

#3e2c0a

#1f1605

Tints

Color #ba831f mixed toward white.

#dc9e2e

#e3b157

#eac581

#f1d8ab

#f8ecd5

Tones

Color #ba831f mixed toward gray.

#ad7f2c

#a07b39

#937846

#867453

#79705f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a548 · ΔE 18.3

Deuteranopia

#a8ac4f · ΔE 20.2

Tritanopia

#b85c5f · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 25.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba831f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba831f]

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Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Frequently asked questions

#ba831f (#ba831f) is rgb(186, 131, 31) in RGB.

No, #ba831f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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