#BD512C#BD512C

#BD512C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.148 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD512C
RGB	rgb(189, 81, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 41.34, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 59.03, 45.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1158 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.148 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3858, 16.8888, 4.3581)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD512C #2C98BD

analogous

#BD2C50 #BD512C #BD992C

triadic

#BD512C #2CBD51 #512CBD

tetradic

#BD512C #50BD2C #2C98BD #992CBD

square

#BD512C #50BD2C #2C98BD #992CBD

split-complementary

#BD512C #2CBD99 #2C50BD

monochromatic

#5A2615 #8B3C20 #BD512C #D67250 #E29A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BD512C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BD512C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD512C

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD512C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD512C	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)

#6F6327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd512c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 81, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.148 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88567',
    500: '#bd512c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd512c;
$custom-light: #d88567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd512c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.31,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD512C

secondary

#7AB6CB

accent

#BCE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD512C

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

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