#BD852B#BD852B

#BD852B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.123 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD852B
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 13.51, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 55.72, 75.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0324 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.123 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8120, 27.7708, 6.0752)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD852B #2B63BD

analogous

#BD3C2B #BD852B #ACBD2B

triadic

#BD852B #2BBD85 #852BBD

tetradic

#BD852B #2BBD3C #2B63BD #BD2BAC

square

#BD852B #2BBD3C #2B63BD #BD2BAC

split-complementary

#BD852B #2BACBD #3C2BBD

monochromatic

#593F14 #8B6220 #BD852B #D7A24E #E2BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD852B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BD852B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD852B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD852B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD852B	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#99881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd852b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.123 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86b',
    500: '#bd852b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd852b;
$custom-light: #d6a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd852b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD852B

secondary

#7998CB

accent

#81E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD852B

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

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