#BD7142#BD7142

#BD7142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.115 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7142
RGB	rgb(189, 113, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 25.75, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 46.20, 56.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0721 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.115 51)
XYZ	xyz(27.8769, 23.0252, 8.1294)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7142 #428EBD

analogous

#BD4250 #BD7142 #BDAF42

triadic

#BD7142 #42BD71 #7142BD

tetradic

#BD7142 #50BD42 #428EBD #AF42BD

square

#BD7142 #50BD42 #428EBD #AF42BD

split-complementary

#BD7142 #42BDAF #4250BD

monochromatic

#623B22 #905632 #BD7142 #CD936F #DDB59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#BD7142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#BD7142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7142

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7142	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 113, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.115 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69a78',
    500: '#bd7142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7142;
$custom-light: #d69a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.927,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6225,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.23022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7142

secondary

#92B4C9

accent

#A4D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7142

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

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