#BD6236#BD6236

#BD6236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.131 H 44.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6236
RGB	rgb(189, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 33.13, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 52.51, 50.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0924 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.131 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0222, 19.8236, 5.9453)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6236 #3691BD

analogous

#BD364D #BD6236 #BDA636

triadic

#BD6236 #36BD62 #6236BD

tetradic

#BD6236 #4DBD36 #3691BD #A636BD

square

#BD6236 #4DBD36 #3691BD #A636BD

split-complementary

#BD6236 #36BDA6 #364DBD

monochromatic

#5E311B #8D4928 #BD6236 #D1845F #DFA98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BD6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#BD6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6236

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6236	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)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.131 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7906f',
    500: '#bd6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6236;
$custom-light: #d7906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59547,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6236

secondary

#85B3C9

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6236

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

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