#BA542D#BA542D

#BA542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 40.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA542D
RGB	rgb(186, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 75.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 38.74, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 56.83, 47.03°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.1083 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.142 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8961, 16.9723, 4.4998)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA542D #2D93BA

analogous

#BA2D4C #BA542D #BA9B2D

triadic

#BA542D #2DBA54 #542DBA

tetradic

#BA542D #4CBA2D #2D93BA #9B2DBA

square

#BA542D #4CBA2D #2D93BA #9B2DBA

split-complementary

#BA542D #2DBA9B #2D4CBA

monochromatic

#572715 #893E21 #BA542D #D57450 #E09B81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BA542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA542D

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA542D	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)

#706428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68768',
    500: '#ba542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba542d;
$custom-light: #d68768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 61.039,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56824,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA542D

secondary

#79B3C9

accent

#B8E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA542D

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

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