#BD5E35#BD5E35

#BD5E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.134 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E35
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 35.17, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 53.51, 48.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0985 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.134 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6340, 19.0844, 5.7012)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E35 #3594BD

analogous

#BD3550 #BD5E35 #BDA235

triadic

#BD5E35 #35BD5E #5E35BD

tetradic

#BD5E35 #50BD35 #3594BD #A235BD

square

#BD5E35 #50BD35 #3594BD #A235BD

split-complementary

#BD5E35 #35BDA2 #3550BD

monochromatic

#5D2E1A #8D4628 #BD5E35 #D2815D #DFA68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BD5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BD5E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E35

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E35	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.134 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d6e',
    500: '#bd5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e35;
$custom-light: #d78d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58893,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E35

secondary

#84B5CA

accent

#B2DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E35

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

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