#BD852C#BD852C

#BD852C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD852C
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 76.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 13.55, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 55.35, 75.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.0327 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.122 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8306, 27.7782, 6.1730)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD852C #2C64BD

analogous

#BD3D2C #BD852C #ACBD2C

triadic

#BD852C #2CBD85 #852CBD

tetradic

#BD852C #2CBD3D #2C64BD #BD2CAC

square

#BD852C #2CBD3D #2C64BD #BD2CAC

split-complementary

#BD852C #2CACBD #3D2CBD

monochromatic

#5A3F15 #8B6220 #BD852C #D6A250 #E2BD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD852C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD852C	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86b',
    500: '#bd852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd852c;
$custom-light: #d6a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65745,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD852C

secondary

#7A99CB

accent

#81E542

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD852C

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

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