#BD6938#BD6938

#BD6938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.125 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6938
RGB	rgb(189, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 29.50, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 50.84, 54.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0818 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.125 49)
XYZ	xyz(26.7539, 21.2104, 6.4257)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6938 #388CBD

analogous

#BD3849 #BD6938 #BDAB38

triadic

#BD6938 #38BD69 #6938BD

tetradic

#BD6938 #49BD38 #388CBD #AB38BD

square

#BD6938 #49BD38 #388CBD #AB38BD

split-complementary

#BD6938 #38BDAB #3849BD

monochromatic

#5F351C #8E4F2A #BD6938 #D08B62 #DEAE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#BD6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#BD6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6938

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6938	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)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF585E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.125 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69571',
    500: '#bd6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6938;
$custom-light: #d69571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.105,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60736,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.21207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6938

secondary

#87B1C9

accent

#A7DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6938

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

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