#ba8e21

Color #ba8e21

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Dark Goldenrod #b8860b · ΔE 5.15 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-600 #d08700 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#ba8e21

RGB

rgb(186, 142, 33)

HSL

hsl(42.7, 69.9%, 42.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(42.7, 82.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 82.3%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(61.57, 6.85, 59.27)

LCH

lch(61.57, 59.66, 83.41)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.1281, 84.49)

HWB

hwb(42.7, 12.9%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#214dba

Analogous

#ba4121

#ba8e21

#99ba21

Triadic

#ba8e21

#21ba8e

#8e21ba

Split-complementary

#ba8e21

#2199ba

#4121ba

Tetradic

#ba8e21

#4dba21

#214dba

#8e21ba

Square

#ba8e21

#21ba41

#214dba

#ba2199

Shades

Color #ba8e21 mixed toward black.

#9b761b

#7c5f16

#5d4710

#3e2f0b

#1f1805

Tints

Color #ba8e21 mixed toward white.

#daaa31

#e2bb5a

#e9cc83

#f0ddad

#f8eed6

Tones

Color #ba8e21 mixed toward gray.

#ad882e

#a0833a

#947e47

#877854

#7a7361

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.98:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a84e · ΔE 14.2

Deuteranopia

#abae55 · ΔE 15.9

Tritanopia

#b86367 · ΔE 35.2

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ba8e21;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ba8e21]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#ba8e21 (#ba8e21) is rgb(186, 142, 33) in RGB.

No, #ba8e21 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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