#BD5532#BD5532

#BD5532 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.143 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5532
RGB	rgb(189, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 73.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 39.62, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 56.23, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1116 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.143 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8129, 17.5493, 5.0977)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5532 #329ABD

analogous

#BD3255 #BD5532 #BD9B32

triadic

#BD5532 #32BD55 #5532BD

tetradic

#BD5532 #55BD32 #329ABD #9B32BD

square

#BD5532 #55BD32 #329ABD #9B32BD

split-complementary

#BD5532 #32BD9B #3255BD

monochromatic

#5C2918 #8D3F25 #BD5532 #D37859 #E09F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BD5532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BD5532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD5532

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD5532	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)

#71662E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.143 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886b',
    500: '#bd5532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5532;
$custom-light: #d8886b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.108,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57481,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5532

secondary

#81B8CA

accent

#BAE146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5532

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

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