#BD542D#BD542D

#BD542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.145 H 39.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD542D
RGB	rgb(189, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 76.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 39.90, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 58.10, 46.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1116 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.146 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6327, 17.3521, 4.5343)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD542D #2D96BD

analogous

#BD2D4E #BD542D #BD9C2D

triadic

#BD542D #2DBD54 #542DBD

tetradic

#BD542D #4EBD2D #2D96BD #9C2DBD

square

#BD542D #4EBD2D #2D96BD #9C2DBD

split-complementary

#BD542D #2DBD9C #2D4EBD

monochromatic

#5A2815 #8C3E21 #BD542D #D67552 #E19D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD542D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD542D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD542D	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)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.145 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88768',
    500: '#bd542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd542d;
$custom-light: #d88768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57279,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD542D

secondary

#7BB5CB

accent

#B9E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD542D

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

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