#BD5A23#BD5A23

#BD5A23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.144 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5A23
RGB	rgb(189, 90, 35)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 36.50, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 60.38, 52.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0996 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.144 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9483, 18.2557, 3.7997)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5A23 #2386BD

analogous

#BD2339 #BD5A23 #BDA723

triadic

#BD5A23 #23BD5A #5A23BD

tetradic

#BD5A23 #39BD23 #2386BD #A723BD

square

#BD5A23 #39BD23 #2386BD #A723BD

split-complementary

#BD5A23 #23BDA7 #2339BD

monochromatic

#562910 #894119 #BD5A23 #DC7941 #E59D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BD5A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BD5A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5A23

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5A23	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)

#76691B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0444F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 90, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.144 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b62',
    500: '#bd5a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5a23;
$custom-light: #d88b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5A23

secondary

#6FABCD

accent

#ADEC3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5A23

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

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