#BD5937#BD5937

#BD5937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.138 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5937
RGB	rgb(189, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 37.85, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 53.75, 45.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1071 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.138 39)
XYZ	xyz(25.2506, 18.2425, 5.8052)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5937 #379BBD

analogous

#BD3758 #BD5937 #BD9C37

triadic

#BD5937 #37BD59 #5937BD

tetradic

#BD5937 #58BD37 #379BBD #9C37BD

square

#BD5937 #58BD37 #379BBD #9C37BD

split-complementary

#BD5937 #37BD9C #3758BD

monochromatic

#5E2C1B #8E4329 #BD5937 #D17D60 #DFA490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BD5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BD5937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5937

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5937	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.138 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a6f',
    500: '#bd5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5937;
$custom-light: #d78a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5814,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.18239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5937

secondary

#86B8C9

accent

#B9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5937

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

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