#BD6E23#BD6E23

#BD6E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.131 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6E23
RGB	rgb(189, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(29, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, 25.87, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 58.15, 63.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.0678 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.131 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8680, 22.0949, 4.4396)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6E23 #2372BD

analogous

#BD2325 #BD6E23 #BDBB23

triadic

#BD6E23 #23BD6E #6E23BD

tetradic

#BD6E23 #25BD23 #2372BD #BB23BD

square

#BD6E23 #25BD23 #2372BD #BB23BD

split-complementary

#BD6E23 #23BDBB #2325BD

monochromatic

#563210 #895019 #BD6E23 #DC8D41 #E5AC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#BD6E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#BD6E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6E23

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6E23	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.131 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79864',
    500: '#bd6e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6e23;
$custom-light: #d79864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.221,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6141,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6E23

secondary

#6F9FCD

accent

#96EC3C

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160D06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6E23

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

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