#BD7442#BD7442

#BD7442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7442
RGB	rgb(189, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.6%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 24.10, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 45.99, 58.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0671 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.113 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2171, 23.7057, 8.2428)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7442 #428BBD

analogous

#BD424E #BD7442 #BDB142

triadic

#BD7442 #42BD74 #7442BD

tetradic

#BD7442 #4EBD42 #428BBD #B142BD

square

#BD7442 #4EBD42 #428BBD #B142BD

split-complementary

#BD7442 #42BDB1 #424EBD

monochromatic

#623C22 #905832 #BD7442 #CD956F #DDB79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#BD7442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#BD7442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7442

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7442	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59c78',
    500: '#bd7442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7442;
$custom-light: #d59c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7442

secondary

#92B3C9

accent

#A1D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7442

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

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