#BD542B#BD542B

#BD542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD542B
RGB	rgb(189, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 39.82, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 58.77, 47.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.111 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.146 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5951, 17.3371, 4.3363)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD542B #2B94BD

analogous

#BD2B4B #BD542B #BD9D2B

triadic

#BD542B #2BBD54 #542BBD

tetradic

#BD542B #4BBD2B #2B94BD #9D2BBD

square

#BD542B #4BBD2B #2B94BD #9D2BBD

split-complementary

#BD542B #2BBD9D #2B4BBD

monochromatic

#592814 #8B3E20 #BD542B #D7754E #E29C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD542B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD542B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD542B	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)

#716526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88767',
    500: '#bd542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd542b;
$custom-light: #d88767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57259,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD542B

secondary

#79B4CB

accent

#B8E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD542B

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

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