#BD5523#BD5523

#BD5523 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.148 H 43.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5523
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 35)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.81, 39.03, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.81, 61.23, 50.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% 0.1072 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.148 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5407, 17.4404, 3.6638)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5523 #238BBD

analogous

#BD233E #BD5523 #BDA223

triadic

#BD5523 #23BD55 #5523BD

tetradic

#BD5523 #3EBD23 #238BBD #A223BD

square

#BD5523 #3EBD23 #238BBD #A223BD

split-complementary

#BD5523 #23BDA2 #233EBD

monochromatic

#562710 #893E19 #BD5523 #DC7441 #E59975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BD5523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BD5523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5523

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5523	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72651C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.148 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98762',
    500: '#bd5523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5523;
$custom-light: #d98762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.481,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57335,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5523

secondary

#6FAECD

accent

#B3EC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5523

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

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