#BD6D3A

A medium, moderate orange closely aligning with Peru.

About #BD6D3A

When working with digital screens, the color #BD6D3A is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Peru. In the RGB color space, it consists of 189 red, 109 green, and 58 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 42% Magenta, 69% Yellow, and 26% Black. With a hue angle of 23.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD6D3A
RGB189, 109, 58
HSL23.4°, 53.0%, 48.4%
CMYK0%, 42%, 69%, 26%
HSV23.4°, 69.3%, 74.1%
LAB54.1, 27.4, 41.4
XYZ27.2, 22.1, 6.8
Decimal12414266

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.88:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.41:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.71:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.60:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD6D3A; }
.text-color { color: #BD6D3A; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD6D3A; }

Similar Colors

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