#BD6242#BD6242

#BD6242 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.126 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6242
RGB	rgb(189, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, 33.82, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 48.28, 45.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0967 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.126 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3396, 19.9505, 7.6169)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6242 #429DBD

analogous

#BD425F #BD6242 #BDA042

triadic

#BD6242 #42BD62 #6242BD

tetradic

#BD6242 #5FBD42 #429DBD #A042BD

square

#BD6242 #5FBD42 #429DBD #A042BD

split-complementary

#BD6242 #42BDA0 #425FBD

monochromatic

#623322 #904A32 #BD6242 #CD886F #DDAD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#BD6242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#BD6242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6242

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6242	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.126 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69077',
    500: '#bd6242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6242;
$custom-light: #d69077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.61,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59704,
    "c": 0.12579,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6242

secondary

#92BBC9

accent

#B4D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6242

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

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