#BD5B23#BD5B23

#BD5B23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.143 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5B23
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 35)
HSL	hsl(22, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(22, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 35.98, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 60.22, 53.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.098 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.143 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0332, 18.4255, 3.8280)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5B23 #2385BD

analogous

#BD2338 #BD5B23 #BDA823

triadic

#BD5B23 #23BD5B #5B23BD

tetradic

#BD5B23 #38BD23 #2385BD #A823BD

square

#BD5B23 #38BD23 #2385BD #A823BD

split-complementary

#BD5B23 #23BDA8 #2338BD

monochromatic

#562910 #894219 #BD5B23 #DC7A41 #E59E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#BD5B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#BD5B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5B23

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5B23	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77691B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F7F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.143 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88b62',
    500: '#bd5b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5b23;
$custom-light: #d88b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58248,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5B23

secondary

#6FABCD

accent

#ACEC3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5B23

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

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