#BD502A#BD502A

#BD502A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD502A
RGB	rgb(189, 80, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 41.74, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 59.89, 45.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1167 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.15 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2754, 16.7266, 4.1403)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD502A #2A97BD

analogous

#BD2A4E #BD502A #BD992A

triadic

#BD502A #2ABD50 #502ABD

tetradic

#BD502A #4EBD2A #2A97BD #992ABD

square

#BD502A #4EBD2A #2A97BD #992ABD

split-complementary

#BD502A #2ABD99 #2A4EBD

monochromatic

#592614 #8B3B1F #BD502A #D7714D #E3997F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BD502A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BD502A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD502A

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD502A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD502A	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd502a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 80, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88466',
    500: '#bd502a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd502a;
$custom-light: #d88466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd502a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.51,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD502A

secondary

#78B6CB

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD502A

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

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