#BD6838#BD6838

#BD6838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.125 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6838
RGB	rgb(189, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 30.04, 41.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 50.96, 53.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0834 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.125 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6527, 21.0079, 6.3920)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6838 #388DBD

analogous

#BD384A #BD6838 #BDAA38

triadic

#BD6838 #38BD68 #6838BD

tetradic

#BD6838 #4ABD38 #388DBD #AA38BD

square

#BD6838 #4ABD38 #388DBD #AA38BD

split-complementary

#BD6838 #38BDAA #384ABD

monochromatic

#5F341C #8E4E2A #BD6838 #D08A62 #DEAD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#BD6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#BD6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6838

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6838	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF575D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.125 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79471',
    500: '#bd6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6838;
$custom-light: #d79471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.654,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60566,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6838

secondary

#87B2C9

accent

#A8DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6838

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

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