#BD6038#BD6038

#BD6038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.131 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6038
RGB	rgb(189, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 34.29, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 52.11, 48.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.0963 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.131 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8853, 19.4731, 6.1362)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6038 #3895BD

analogous

#BD3852 #BD6038 #BDA238

triadic

#BD6038 #38BD60 #6038BD

tetradic

#BD6038 #52BD38 #3895BD #A238BD

square

#BD6038 #52BD38 #3895BD #A238BD

split-complementary

#BD6038 #38BDA2 #3852BD

monochromatic

#5F301C #8E482A #BD6038 #D08362 #DEA891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#BD6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#BD6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6038

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6038	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.131 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78f70',
    500: '#bd6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6038;
$custom-light: #d78f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59248,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6038

secondary

#87B6C9

accent

#B1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6038

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

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