#BA542E#BA542E

#BA542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA542E
RGB	rgb(186, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 38.78, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 56.50, 46.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1086 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.142 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9156, 16.9801, 4.6024)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA542E #2E94BA

analogous

#BA2E4E #BA542E #BA9A2E

triadic

#BA542E #2EBA54 #542EBA

tetradic

#BA542E #4EBA2E #2E94BA #9A2EBA

square

#BA542E #4EBA2E #2E94BA #9A2EBA

split-complementary

#BA542E #2EBA9A #2E4EBA

monochromatic

#582816 #893E22 #BA542E #D47551 #E09C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BA542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA542E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA542E	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68769',
    500: '#ba542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba542e;
$custom-light: #d68769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA542E

secondary

#7BB4C9

accent

#B8E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA542E

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

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