#BD5A21#BD5A21

#BD5A21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.144 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5A21
RGB	rgb(189, 90, 33)
HSL	hsl(22, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 36.43, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 61.03, 53.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.0991 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.144 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9195, 18.2441, 3.6478)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5A21 #2184BD

analogous

#BD2136 #BD5A21 #BDA821

triadic

#BD5A21 #21BD5A #5A21BD

tetradic

#BD5A21 #36BD21 #2184BD #A821BD

square

#BD5A21 #36BD21 #2184BD #A821BD

split-complementary

#BD5A21 #21BDA8 #2136BD

monochromatic

#55280F #894118 #BD5A21 #DD783E #E69D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BD5A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BD5A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5A21

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5A21	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)

#766918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 90, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.144 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b61',
    500: '#bd5a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5a21;
$custom-light: #d88b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58078,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5A21

secondary

#6DAACD

accent

#ACED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FCF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5A21

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

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