Information about #BA6240 color

#BA6240 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BA6240 falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 98, 64) — 72.9% red, 38.4% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 35 / 48 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BA6240 reads as a pleasantly vivid orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Evermore (#BE6A3F). Slightly further away sit Spicy Red Brown (#B35C44) and Flame Pea (#BE5C48).

In RGB terms — rgb(186, 98, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BA6240: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. No one has named #BA6240 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BA6240 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BA6240 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BA6240

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Evermore color link
Evermore

#BE6A3F

Flame Pea color link
Flame Pea

#BE5C48

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

Bamboo color link
Bamboo

#BA6F3F

Adobe color link
Adobe

#BD6C48

Rhapsody color link
Rhapsody

#AD603C

Arazi color link
Arazi

#C16E3F

Brown Rust color link
Brown Rust

#AF593E

Bourbon color link
Bourbon

#AF6C3E

Redbud color link
Redbud

#B85439

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BA6240
  • RGB186, 98, 64
  • CMYK0, 35, 48, 27
  • CSSrgb(186, 98, 64)
  • HSL17°, 49%, 49%
  • HSL Precise16.721°, 48.8%, 49.02%
  • HSV17°, 66%, 73%
  • HSB17°, 66%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.384
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.384, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.384, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.384, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB38.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBA6240
  • DECIMAL ID12214848
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01