#BD522B#BD522B

#BD522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD522B
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 40.81, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 59.16, 46.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.114 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.148 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4421, 17.0311, 4.2853)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD522B #2B96BD

analogous

#BD2B4D #BD522B #BD9B2B

triadic

#BD522B #2BBD52 #522BBD

tetradic

#BD522B #4DBD2B #2B96BD #9B2BBD

square

#BD522B #4DBD2B #2B96BD #9B2BBD

split-complementary

#BD522B #2BBD9B #2B4DBD

monochromatic

#592714 #8B3C20 #BD522B #D7734E #E29A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BD522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BD522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD522B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD522B	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88667',
    500: '#bd522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd522b;
$custom-light: #d88667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.027,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56968,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD522B

secondary

#79B5CB

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD522B

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

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