#BD7542#BD7542

#BD7542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.112 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD7542
RGB	rgb(189, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 23.55, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 45.94, 59.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0655 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.112 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3330, 23.9375, 8.2814)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD7542 #428ABD

analogous

#BD424D #BD7542 #BDB242

triadic

#BD7542 #42BD75 #7542BD

tetradic

#BD7542 #4DBD42 #428ABD #B242BD

square

#BD7542 #4DBD42 #428ABD #B242BD

split-complementary

#BD7542 #42BDB2 #424DBD

monochromatic

#623D22 #905932 #BD7542 #CD966F #DDB79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#BD7542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#BD7542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD7542

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD7542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD7542	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE6669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd7542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.112 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d59d78',
    500: '#bd7542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd7542;
$custom-light: #d59d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd7542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.878,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62965,
    "c": 0.11242,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD7542

secondary

#92B2C9

accent

#9FD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD7542

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

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