#BA542F#BA542F

#BA542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.142 H 39.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BA542F
RGB	rgb(186, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 74.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 38.83, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 56.16, 46.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1089 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.142 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9355, 16.9881, 4.7074)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BA542F #2F95BA

analogous

#BA2F4F #BA542F #BA992F

triadic

#BA542F #2FBA54 #542FBA

tetradic

#BA542F #4FBA2F #2F95BA #992FBA

square

#BA542F #4FBA2F #2F95BA #992FBA

split-complementary

#BA542F #2FBA99 #2F4FBA

monochromatic

#582816 #893E23 #BA542F #D37553 #E09C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BA542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BA542F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BA542F

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BA542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BA542F	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)

#70642B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC3E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ba542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.142 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68769',
    500: '#ba542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ba542f;
$custom-light: #d68769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ba542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 59.657,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BA542F

secondary

#7CB4C9

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BA542F

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

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