#BD542A#BD542A

#BD542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 40.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD542A
RGB	rgb(189, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 39.78, 43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 59.10, 47.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1107 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.146 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5770, 17.3299, 4.2408)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD542A #2A93BD

analogous

#BD2A49 #BD542A #BD9D2A

triadic

#BD542A #2ABD54 #542ABD

tetradic

#BD542A #49BD2A #2A93BD #9D2ABD

square

#BD542A #49BD2A #2A93BD #9D2ABD

split-complementary

#BD542A #2ABD9D #2A49BD

monochromatic

#592714 #8B3E1F #BD542A #D7744D #E39B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD542A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD542A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD542A	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88766',
    500: '#bd542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd542a;
$custom-light: #d88766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57249,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD542A

secondary

#78B3CB

accent

#B7E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD542A

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

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