#BD6E38#BD6E38

#BD6E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.121 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD6E38
RGB	rgb(189, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(24, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, 26.79, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 50.36, 57.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% 0.0736 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.121 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2783, 22.2591, 6.6005)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD6E38 #3887BD

analogous

#BD3844 #BD6E38 #BDB038

triadic

#BD6E38 #38BD6E #6E38BD

tetradic

#BD6E38 #44BD38 #3887BD #B038BD

square

#BD6E38 #44BD38 #3887BD #B038BD

split-complementary

#BD6E38 #38BDB0 #3844BD

monochromatic

#5F371C #8E532A #BD6E38 #D08F62 #DEB091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#BD6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#BD6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD6E38

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD6E38	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE5E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.121 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69871',
    500: '#bd6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd6e38;
$custom-light: #d69871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.361,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61599,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD6E38

secondary

#87AFC9

accent

#A2DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD6E38

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

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