#BA522D#BA522D

#BA522D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.144 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA522D
RGB	rgb(186, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 39.74, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 57.23, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1113 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.144 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7431, 16.6663, 4.4487)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA522D #2D95BA

analogous

#BA2D4E #BA522D #BA992D

triadic

#BA522D #2DBA52 #522DBA

tetradic

#BA522D #4EBA2D #2D95BA #992DBA

square

#BA522D #4EBA2D #2D95BA #992DBA

split-complementary

#BA522D #2DBA99 #2D4EBA

monochromatic

#572715 #893C21 #BA522D #D57350 #E09A81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BA522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BA522D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA522D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA522D	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)

#6F6328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.144 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68568',
    500: '#ba522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba522d;
$custom-light: #d68568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.745,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56529,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA522D

secondary

#79B4C9

accent

#BAE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA522D

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

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