#BD5B38#BD5B38

#BD5B38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.136 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5B38
RGB	rgb(189, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.9%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 36.88, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 53.02, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1043 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.136 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4435, 18.5896, 5.9889)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5B38 #389ABD

analogous

#BD3858 #BD5B38 #BD9D38

triadic

#BD5B38 #38BD5B #5B38BD

tetradic

#BD5B38 #58BD38 #389ABD #9D38BD

square

#BD5B38 #58BD38 #389ABD #9D38BD

split-complementary

#BD5B38 #38BD9D #3858BD

monochromatic

#5F2E1C #8E442A #BD5B38 #D07F62 #DEA591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BD5B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BD5B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5B38

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5B38	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.136 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b70',
    500: '#bd5b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5b38;
$custom-light: #d78b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5B38

secondary

#87B8C9

accent

#B7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5B38

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

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