#BD852A#BD852A

#BD852A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD852A
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 13.47, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 56.09, 76.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0322 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.123 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7939, 27.7636, 5.9798)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD852A #2A62BD

analogous

#BD3C2A #BD852A #ABBD2A

triadic

#BD852A #2ABD85 #852ABD

tetradic

#BD852A #2ABD3C #2A62BD #BD2AAB

square

#BD852A #2ABD3C #2A62BD #BD2AAB

split-complementary

#BD852A #2AABBD #3C2ABD

monochromatic

#593F14 #8B621F #BD852A #D7A34D #E3BD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BD852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BD852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD852A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD852A	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86a',
    500: '#bd852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd852a;
$custom-light: #d6a86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65731,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD852A

secondary

#7897CB

accent

#80E741

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD852A

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

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