#BD5531#BD5531

#BD5531 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.143 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5531
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 49)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 39.58, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 56.56, 45.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% 0.1113 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.143 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7916, 17.5408, 4.9853)
Luminance	0.1754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5531 #3199BD

analogous

#BD3153 #BD5531 #BD9B31

triadic

#BD5531 #31BD55 #5531BD

tetradic

#BD5531 #53BD31 #3199BD #9B31BD

square

#BD5531 #53BD31 #3199BD #9B31BD

split-complementary

#BD5531 #31BD9B #3153BD

monochromatic

#5C2918 #8C3F24 #BD5531 #D47758 #E09F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BD5531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5531

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5531	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72662D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.143 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886b',
    500: '#bd5531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5531;
$custom-light: #d8886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57469,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5531

secondary

#80B7CA

accent

#BAE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5531

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →