#BD5E37#BD5E37

#BD5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.133 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5E37
RGB	rgb(189, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 35.28, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 52.81, 48.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.0992 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.133 42)
XYZ	xyz(25.6809, 19.1031, 5.9486)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5E37 #3796BD

analogous

#BD3753 #BD5E37 #BDA137

triadic

#BD5E37 #37BD5E #5E37BD

tetradic

#BD5E37 #53BD37 #3796BD #A137BD

square

#BD5E37 #53BD37 #3796BD #A137BD

split-complementary

#BD5E37 #37BDA1 #3753BD

monochromatic

#5E2F1B #8E4629 #BD5E37 #D18160 #DFA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#BD5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#BD5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5E37

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5E37	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)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.133 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78d6f',
    500: '#bd5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5e37;
$custom-light: #d78d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58917,
    "c": 0.13344,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5E37

secondary

#86B6C9

accent

#B3DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5E37

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

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