#BD6538#BD6538

#BD6538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.127 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6538
RGB	rgb(189, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 31.64, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 51.34, 51.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0883 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.127 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3561, 20.4147, 6.2931)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6538 #3890BD

analogous

#BD384D #BD6538 #BDA838

triadic

#BD6538 #38BD65 #6538BD

tetradic

#BD6538 #4DBD38 #3890BD #A838BD

square

#BD6538 #4DBD38 #3890BD #A838BD

split-complementary

#BD6538 #38BDA8 #384DBD

monochromatic

#5F331C #8E4C2A #BD6538 #D08762 #DEAB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#BD6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#BD6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6538

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6538	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)

#7D7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.127 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79270',
    500: '#bd6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6538;
$custom-light: #d79270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.301,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6538

secondary

#87B3C9

accent

#ACDE4A

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6538

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

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