#BD6138#BD6138

#BD6138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.131 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6138
RGB	rgb(189, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 33.76, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 51.95, 49.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0947 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.131 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9771, 19.6568, 6.1668)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6138 #3894BD

analogous

#BD3851 #BD6138 #BDA338

triadic

#BD6138 #38BD61 #6138BD

tetradic

#BD6138 #51BD38 #3894BD #A338BD

square

#BD6138 #51BD38 #3894BD #A338BD

split-complementary

#BD6138 #38BDA3 #3851BD

monochromatic

#5F311C #8E492A #BD6138 #D08462 #DEA991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BD6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BD6138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6138

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6138	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.131 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78f70',
    500: '#bd6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6138;
$custom-light: #d78f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.496,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59409,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6138

secondary

#87B5C9

accent

#B0DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6138

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

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