#BD6537#BD6537

#BD6537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.128 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6537
RGB	rgb(189, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 31.59, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 51.71, 52.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.0879 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.128 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3319, 20.4050, 6.1656)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6537 #378FBD

analogous

#BD374C #BD6537 #BDA837

triadic

#BD6537 #37BD65 #6537BD

tetradic

#BD6537 #4CBD37 #378FBD #A837BD

square

#BD6537 #4CBD37 #378FBD #A837BD

split-complementary

#BD6537 #37BDA8 #374CBD

monochromatic

#5E321B #8E4C29 #BD6537 #D18760 #DFAB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BD6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BD6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6537

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6537	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.128 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79270',
    500: '#bd6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6537;
$custom-light: #d79270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60052,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6537

secondary

#86B2C9

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6537

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

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