#BD5E21#BD5E21

#BD5E21 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.141 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E21
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 33)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 34.36, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 60.43, 55.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.0928 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.141 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2660, 18.9372, 3.7633)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E21 #2180BD

analogous

#BD2132 #BD5E21 #BDAC21

triadic

#BD5E21 #21BD5E #5E21BD

tetradic

#BD5E21 #32BD21 #2180BD #AC21BD

square

#BD5E21 #32BD21 #2180BD #AC21BD

split-complementary

#BD5E21 #21BDAC #2132BD

monochromatic

#552A0F #894418 #BD5E21 #DD7C3E #E6A072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BD5E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD5E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E21

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E21	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90811F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.141 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88d62',
    500: '#bd5e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e21;
$custom-light: #d88d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58707,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E21

secondary

#6DA7CD

accent

#A7ED3B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E21

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

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