#BD5F38#BD5F38

#BD5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.132 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD5F38
RGB	rgb(189, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 34.81, 39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 52.28, 48.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0979 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.132 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7946, 19.2918, 6.1059)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD5F38 #3896BD

analogous

#BD3853 #BD5F38 #BDA138

triadic

#BD5F38 #38BD5F #5F38BD

tetradic

#BD5F38 #53BD38 #3896BD #A138BD

square

#BD5F38 #53BD38 #3896BD #A138BD

split-complementary

#BD5F38 #38BDA1 #3853BD

monochromatic

#5F301C #8E472A #BD5F38 #D08262 #DEA891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BD5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#BD5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD5F38

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD5F38	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.132 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e70',
    500: '#bd5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd5f38;
$custom-light: #d78e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.594,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59088,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD5F38

secondary

#87B6C9

accent

#B2DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD5F38

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

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