#BD542E#BD542E

#BD542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.145 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD542E
RGB	rgb(189, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 39.94, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 57.76, 46.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% 0.1119 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.145 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6522, 17.3599, 4.6369)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD542E #2E97BD

analogous

#BD2E4F #BD542E #BD9B2E

triadic

#BD542E #2EBD54 #542EBD

tetradic

#BD542E #4FBD2E #2E97BD #9B2EBD

square

#BD542E #4FBD2E #2E97BD #9B2EBD

split-complementary

#BD542E #2EBD9B #2E4FBD

monochromatic

#5B2816 #8C3E22 #BD542E #D57653 #E19D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BD542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BD542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD542E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD542E	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)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.145 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88769',
    500: '#bd542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd542e;
$custom-light: #d88769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.944,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD542E

secondary

#7CB6CA

accent

#B9E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD542E

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

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