#BD6438#BD6438

#BD6438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.128 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6438
RGB	rgb(189, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, 32.17, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 51.49, 51.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0899 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.128 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2596, 20.2217, 6.2609)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6438 #3891BD

analogous

#BD384E #BD6438 #BDA738

triadic

#BD6438 #38BD64 #6438BD

tetradic

#BD6438 #4EBD38 #3891BD #A738BD

square

#BD6438 #4EBD38 #3891BD #A738BD

split-complementary

#BD6438 #38BDA7 #384EBD

monochromatic

#5F321C #8E4B2A #BD6438 #D08662 #DEAB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#BD6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#BD6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6438

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6438	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.128 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79170',
    500: '#bd6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6438;
$custom-light: #d79170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.85,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6438

secondary

#87B4C9

accent

#ADDE4A

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6438

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

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