#BD6937#BD6937

#BD6937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.125 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6937
RGB	rgb(189, 105, 55)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 29.44, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 51.22, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0814 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.125 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7297, 21.2007, 6.2982)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6937 #378BBD

analogous

#BD3748 #BD6937 #BDAC37

triadic

#BD6937 #37BD69 #6937BD

tetradic

#BD6937 #48BD37 #378BBD #AC37BD

square

#BD6937 #48BD37 #378BBD #AC37BD

split-complementary

#BD6937 #37BDAC #3748BD

monochromatic

#5E341B #8E4F29 #BD6937 #D18A60 #DFAD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BD6937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BD6937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6937

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6937	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 105, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.125 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79570',
    500: '#bd6937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6937;
$custom-light: #d79570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60725,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6937

secondary

#86B0C9

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6937

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

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