#BD542C#BD542C

#BD542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 40.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD542C
RGB	rgb(189, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 39.86, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 58.43, 46.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1112 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.146 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6137, 17.3445, 4.4341)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD542C #2C95BD

analogous

#BD2C4C #BD542C #BD9C2C

triadic

#BD542C #2CBD54 #542CBD

tetradic

#BD542C #4CBD2C #2C95BD #9C2CBD

square

#BD542C #4CBD2C #2C95BD #9C2CBD

split-complementary

#BD542C #2CBD9C #2C4CBD

monochromatic

#5A2815 #8B3E20 #BD542C #D67550 #E29C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD542C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD542C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD542C	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)

#716527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88767',
    500: '#bd542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd542c;
$custom-light: #d88767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57269,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD542C

secondary

#7AB4CB

accent

#B8E542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD542C

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

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