#BD6238#BD6238

#BD6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.130 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6238
RGB	rgb(189, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 33.23, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 51.79, 50.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0931 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.13 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0701, 19.8427, 6.1978)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6238 #3893BD

analogous

#BD3851 #BD6238 #BDA438

triadic

#BD6238 #38BD62 #6238BD

tetradic

#BD6238 #51BD38 #3893BD #A438BD

square

#BD6238 #51BD38 #3893BD #A438BD

split-complementary

#BD6238 #38BDA4 #3851BD

monochromatic

#5F311C #8E4A2A #BD6238 #D08562 #DEA991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#BD6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#BD6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6238

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6238	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.130 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79070',
    500: '#bd6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6238;
$custom-light: #d79070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59571,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6238

secondary

#87B5C9

accent

#AFDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6238

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

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