#BD512B#BD512B

#BD512B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.149 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD512B
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 41.30, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 59.36, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1155 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.149 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3673, 16.8814, 4.2603)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD512B #2B97BD

analogous

#BD2B4E #BD512B #BD9A2B

triadic

#BD512B #2BBD51 #512BBD

tetradic

#BD512B #4EBD2B #2B97BD #9A2BBD

square

#BD512B #4EBD2B #2B97BD #9A2BBD

split-complementary

#BD512B #2BBD9A #2B4EBD

monochromatic

#592614 #8B3C20 #BD512B #D7724E #E29A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BD512B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD512B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD512B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD512B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD512B	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd512b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.149 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88567',
    500: '#bd512b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd512b;
$custom-light: #d88567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd512b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.616,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56825,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD512B

secondary

#79B6CB

accent

#BBE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD512B

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

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