#BA522B#BA522B

#BA522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.145 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA522B
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 76.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 39.66, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 57.90, 46.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1107 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.145 40)
XYZ	xyz(23.7055, 16.6512, 4.2507)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA522B #2B93BA

analogous

#BA2B4B #BA522B #BA9A2B

triadic

#BA522B #2BBA52 #522BBA

tetradic

#BA522B #4BBA2B #2B93BA #9A2BBA

square

#BA522B #4BBA2B #2B93BA #9A2BBA

split-complementary

#BA522B #2BBA9A #2B4BBA

monochromatic

#572614 #883C20 #BA522B #D6724C #E1997E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BA522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BA522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA522B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA522B	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.145 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68567',
    500: '#ba522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba522b;
$custom-light: #d68567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 62.445,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56508,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.16648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA522B

secondary

#77B3CA

accent

#B9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA522B

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

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