#BD852E#BD852E

#BD852E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.121 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD852E
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 13.64, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 54.59, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% 0.0332 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.121 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8691, 27.7937, 6.3758)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD852E #2E66BD

analogous

#BD3D2E #BD852E #ADBD2E

triadic

#BD852E #2EBD85 #852EBD

tetradic

#BD852E #2EBD3D #2E66BD #BD2EAD

square

#BD852E #2EBD3D #2E66BD #BD2EAD

split-complementary

#BD852E #2EADBD #3D2EBD

monochromatic

#5B4016 #8C6222 #BD852E #D5A253 #E1BD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD852E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD852E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD852E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD852E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD852E	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)

#998821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd852e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.121 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86d',
    500: '#bd852e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd852e;
$custom-light: #d6a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd852e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65761,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD852E

secondary

#7C9BCA

accent

#83E444

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD852E

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

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