#BD852F#BD852F

#BD852F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD852F
RGB	rgb(189, 133, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 75.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 13.68, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 54.20, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.0334 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.121 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8890, 27.8016, 6.4809)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD852F #2F67BD

analogous

#BD3E2F #BD852F #AEBD2F

triadic

#BD852F #2FBD85 #852FBD

tetradic

#BD852F #2FBD3E #2F67BD #BD2FAE

square

#BD852F #2FBD3E #2F67BD #BD2FAE

split-complementary

#BD852F #2FAEBD #3E2FBD

monochromatic

#5B4017 #8C6323 #BD852F #D5A255 #E1BD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BD852F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#BD852F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD852F

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD852F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD852F	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)

#998823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd852f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 133, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a86d',
    500: '#bd852f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd852f;
$custom-light: #d6a86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd852f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65769,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD852F

secondary

#7E9CCA

accent

#83E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD852F

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

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