#BD6D42#BD6D42

#BD6D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.117 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6D42
RGB	rgb(189, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(21, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 27.93, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 46.60, 53.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.0787 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.117 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4404, 22.1523, 7.9839)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6D42 #4292BD

analogous

#BD4254 #BD6D42 #BDAB42

triadic

#BD6D42 #42BD6D #6D42BD

tetradic

#BD6D42 #54BD42 #4292BD #AB42BD

square

#BD6D42 #54BD42 #4292BD #AB42BD

split-complementary

#BD6D42 #42BDAB #4254BD

monochromatic

#623922 #905332 #BD6D42 #CD906F #DDB39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#BD6D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#BD6D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6D42

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6D42	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.117 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69778',
    500: '#bd6d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6d42;
$custom-light: #d69778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.976,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6D42

secondary

#92B6C9

accent

#A8D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6D42

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

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