#BA542C#BA542C

#BA542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.143 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA542C
RGB	rgb(186, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 76.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 38.70, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 57.17, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.108 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.143 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8770, 16.9647, 4.3996)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA542C #2C92BA

analogous

#BA2C4B #BA542C #BA9B2C

triadic

#BA542C #2CBA54 #542CBA

tetradic

#BA542C #4BBA2C #2C92BA #9B2CBA

square

#BA542C #4BBA2C #2C92BA #9B2CBA

split-complementary

#BA542C #2CBA9B #2C4BBA

monochromatic

#572715 #893E20 #BA542C #D5744E #E19B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BA542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA542C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA542C	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)

#706427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.143 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68767',
    500: '#ba542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba542c;
$custom-light: #d68767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56814,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA542C

secondary

#78B3CA

accent

#B7E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA542C

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

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