#ba8a23

Color #ba8a23

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 5.25 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ba8a23

RGB

rgb(186, 138, 35)

HSL

hsl(40.9, 68.3%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(40.9, 81.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 81.2%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(60.55, 9.12, 57.71)

LCH

lch(60.55, 58.43, 81.02)

OKLCH

oklch(66.3%, 0.1259, 81.32)

HWB

hwb(40.9, 13.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2353ba

Analogous

#ba3e23

#ba8a23

#9eba23

Triadic

#ba8a23

#23ba8a

#8a23ba

Split-complementary

#ba8a23

#239eba

#3e23ba

Tetradic

#ba8a23

#53ba23

#2353ba

#8a23ba

Square

#ba8a23

#23ba3e

#2353ba

#ba239e

Shades

Color #ba8a23 mixed toward black.

#9b731d

#7c5c17

#5d4512

#3e2e0c

#1f1706

Tints

Color #ba8a23 mixed toward white.

#d9a434

#e0b75d

#e8c985

#f0dbae

#f7edd6

Tones

Color #ba8a23 mixed toward gray.

#ad8530

#a1813c

#947c49

#887855

#7b7362

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a74d · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#aaad54 · ΔE 17.3

Tritanopia

#b86165 · ΔE 33.7

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 25.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba8a23;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba8a23]

Related colors

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#ba8a23 (#ba8a23) is rgb(186, 138, 35) in RGB.

No, #ba8a23 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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