#BD522C#BD522C

#BD522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.148 H 39.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD522C
RGB	rgb(189, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 40.85, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 58.83, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1143 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.148 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4607, 17.0385, 4.3831)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD522C #2C97BD

analogous

#BD2C4E #BD522C #BD9A2C

triadic

#BD522C #2CBD52 #522CBD

tetradic

#BD522C #4EBD2C #2C97BD #9A2CBD

square

#BD522C #4EBD2C #2C97BD #9A2CBD

split-complementary

#BD522C #2CBD9A #2C4EBD

monochromatic

#5A2715 #8B3C20 #BD522C #D67350 #E29B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BD522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BD522C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD522C

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD522C	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)

#706427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.148 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88667',
    500: '#bd522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd522c;
$custom-light: #d88667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.724,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56978,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD522C

secondary

#7AB6CB

accent

#BBE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD522C

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

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