#BD5E23#BD5E23

#BD5E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.141 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E23
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 35)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(23, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 34.43, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 59.77, 54.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% 0.0933 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.141 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2948, 18.9487, 3.9152)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E23 #2382BD

analogous

#BD2335 #BD5E23 #BDAB23

triadic

#BD5E23 #23BD5E #5E23BD

tetradic

#BD5E23 #35BD23 #2382BD #AB23BD

square

#BD5E23 #35BD23 #2382BD #AB23BD

split-complementary

#BD5E23 #23BDAB #2335BD

monochromatic

#562B10 #894419 #BD5E23 #DC7D41 #E5A075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#BD5E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#BD5E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E23

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E23	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#796B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4952

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.141 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88d63',
    500: '#bd5e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e23;
$custom-light: #d88d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.987,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58721,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E23

secondary

#6FA9CD

accent

#A8EC3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C05

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E23

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

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