#BD6738#BD6738

#BD6738 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.126 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6738
RGB	rgb(189, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 30.57, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 51.08, 53.24°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.085 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.126 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5526, 20.8078, 6.3586)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6738 #388EBD

analogous

#BD384B #BD6738 #BDA938

triadic

#BD6738 #38BD67 #6738BD

tetradic

#BD6738 #4BBD38 #388EBD #A938BD

square

#BD6738 #4BBD38 #388EBD #A938BD

split-complementary

#BD6738 #38BDA9 #384BBD

monochromatic

#5F341C #8E4D2A #BD6738 #D08962 #DEAC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#BD6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#BD6738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6738

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6738	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.126 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79370',
    500: '#bd6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6738;
$custom-light: #d79370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.203,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60398,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6738

secondary

#87B2C9

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6738

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

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