#BD5C38#BD5C38

#BD5C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.135 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5C38
RGB	rgb(189, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 36.37, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 52.83, 46.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1027 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.135 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5296, 18.7617, 6.0176)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5C38 #3899BD

analogous

#BD3856 #BD5C38 #BD9F38

triadic

#BD5C38 #38BD5C #5C38BD

tetradic

#BD5C38 #56BD38 #3899BD #9F38BD

square

#BD5C38 #56BD38 #3899BD #9F38BD

split-complementary

#BD5C38 #38BD9F #3856BD

monochromatic

#5F2E1C #8E452A #BD5C38 #D08062 #DEA691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BD5C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BD5C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5C38

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5C38	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.135 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78c70',
    500: '#bd5c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5c38;
$custom-light: #d78c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.241,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58615,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5C38

secondary

#87B7C9

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5C38

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

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