#BD522A#BD522A

#BD522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD522A
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 40.77, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 59.49, 46.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1137 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.148 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4240, 17.0238, 4.1898)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD522A #2A95BD

analogous

#BD2A4B #BD522A #BD9C2A

triadic

#BD522A #2ABD52 #522ABD

tetradic

#BD522A #4BBD2A #2A95BD #9C2ABD

square

#BD522A #4BBD2A #2A95BD #9C2ABD

split-complementary

#BD522A #2ABD9C #2A4BBD

monochromatic

#592714 #8B3C1F #BD522A #D7734D #E39A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BD522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BD522A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD522A

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD522A	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88666',
    500: '#bd522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd522a;
$custom-light: #d88666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.327,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56958,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD522A

secondary

#78B4CB

accent

#BAE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD522A

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

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