#BD7540#BD7540

#BD7540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7540
RGB	rgb(189, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(25, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 23.43, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 46.75, 59.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0648 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.114 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2751, 23.9143, 7.9763)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7540 #4088BD

analogous

#BD404A #BD7540 #BDB440

triadic

#BD7540 #40BD75 #7540BD

tetradic

#BD7540 #4ABD40 #4088BD #B440BD

square

#BD7540 #4ABD40 #4088BD #B440BD

split-complementary

#BD7540 #40BDB4 #404ABD

monochromatic

#623C21 #8F5931 #BD7540 #CD966D #DDB79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BD7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#BD7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7540

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7540	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69d77',
    500: '#bd7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7540;
$custom-light: #d69d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.44,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7540

secondary

#90B1C9

accent

#9ED94F

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7540

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

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