#BD7242#BD7242

#BD7242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7242
RGB	rgb(189, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 25.20, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 46.13, 56.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0704 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.114 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9891, 23.2496, 8.1668)
Luminance	0.2325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7242 #428DBD

analogous

#BD424F #BD7242 #BDB042

triadic

#BD7242 #42BD72 #7242BD

tetradic

#BD7242 #4FBD42 #428DBD #B042BD

square

#BD7242 #4FBD42 #428DBD #B042BD

split-complementary

#BD7242 #42BDB0 #424FBD

monochromatic

#623B22 #905732 #BD7242 #CD946F #DDB69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#BD7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#BD7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7242

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7242	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69b78',
    500: '#bd7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7242;
$custom-light: #d69b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7242

secondary

#92B3C9

accent

#A3D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7242

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

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