Information about #BD5E1F color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#BD5E1F falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(189, 94, 31) — 74.1% red, 36.9% green, 12.2% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 37 / 62 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BD5E1F reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from The Big Carrot (#BA5823). Slightly further away sit Dirty Brown (#B5651E) and Light Brown (#B5651D).

In RGB terms — rgb(189, 94, 31) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BD5E1F: 4.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#BD5E1F color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BD5E1F color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BD5E1F color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BD5E1F color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BD5E1F color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BD5E1F color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BD5E1F

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

The Big Carrot color link
The Big Carrot

#BA5823

Dirty Brown color link
Dirty Brown

#B5651E

Light Brown color link
Light Brown

#B5651D

Ruddy Brown color link
Ruddy Brown

#BB6528

Red Fox color link
Red Fox

#C35817

Omega color link
Omega

#B56519

Christine color link
Christine

#BF652E

Alloy Orange color link
Alloy Orange

#C46210

Clockwork Orange color link
Clockwork Orange

#BF6031

Berry High Life color link
Berry High Life

#BE4D27

Fiery Orange color link
Fiery Orange

#B1592F

Smoke Tree color link
Smoke Tree

#BB5F34

#BD5E1F color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BD5E1F
  • RGB189, 94, 31
  • CMYK0, 37, 62, 26
  • CSSrgb(189, 94, 31)
  • HSL24°, 72%, 43%
  • HSL Precise23.924°, 71.818%, 43.137%
  • HSV24°, 84%, 74%
  • HSB24°, 84%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.741
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.122
  • GLSLvec3(0.741, 0.369, 0.122)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.741, 0.369, 0.122, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.741, 0.369, 0.122)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB74.1%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB36.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB12.2%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBD5E1F
  • DECIMAL ID12410399
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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