#BA542A#BA542A

#BA542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA542A
RGB	rgb(186, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(18, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 38.62, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 57.85, 48.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1074 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.143 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8404, 16.9500, 4.2063)
Luminance	0.1695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA542A #2A90BA

analogous

#BA2A48 #BA542A #BA9C2A

triadic

#BA542A #2ABA54 #542ABA

tetradic

#BA542A #48BA2A #2A90BA #9C2ABA

square

#BA542A #48BA2A #2A90BA #9C2ABA

split-complementary

#BA542A #2ABA9C #2A48BA

monochromatic

#562713 #883D1F #BA542A #D6744B #E29A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BA542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA542A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA542A	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68766',
    500: '#ba542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba542a;
$custom-light: #d68766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56794,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA542A

secondary

#76B1CA

accent

#B6E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA542A

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

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