#BD6235#BD6235

#BD6235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.131 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6235
RGB	rgb(189, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 33.08, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 52.87, 51.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0921 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.131 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9989, 19.8143, 5.8229)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6235 #3590BD

analogous

#BD354C #BD6235 #BDA635

triadic

#BD6235 #35BD62 #6235BD

tetradic

#BD6235 #4CBD35 #3590BD #A635BD

square

#BD6235 #4CBD35 #3590BD #A635BD

split-complementary

#BD6235 #35BDA6 #354CBD

monochromatic

#5D301A #8D4928 #BD6235 #D2845D #DFA88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BD6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BD6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6235

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6235	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.131 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7906e',
    500: '#bd6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6235;
$custom-light: #d7906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6235

secondary

#84B3CA

accent

#ADDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6235

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

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