Lemon Iced Tea (#BD3000)

The hex code for Lemon Iced Tea is #BD3000. It is rgb(189, 48, 0) in RGB, hsl(15, 100%, 37%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 75%, 100%, 26%) in CMYK — a dark brown. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

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HEX#BD3000

RGBrgb(189, 48, 0)

HSLhsl(15, 100%, 37%)

HSVhsv(15, 100%, 74%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 75%, 100%, 26%)

OKLCHoklch(52.6% 0.184 35.2)

LABlab(43.42% 55.43 56.58)

LCHlch(43.42% 79.21 45.59)

Colors Closest to Lemon Iced Tea

Lemon Iced Tea is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Sinopia#CB410BΔE 5.22 Mahogany#C04000ΔE 5.71 Tomato Sauce#B21807ΔE 7.93 Mordant Red 19#AE0C00ΔE 8.36 International Orange (Engineering)#BA160CΔE 8.52 Rust#B7410EΔE 9.41

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every brown in the library.

#BD3000 Channel Values

How Lemon Iced Tea breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 189 · G 48 · B 0	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 15° · S 100% · L 37%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 15° · S 100% · V 74%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 75% · Y 100% · K 26%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	5.86:1 vs white · 3.59:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Lemon Iced Tea background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text5.86:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text3.59:1AA normal ✗AA large ✓AAA normal ✗

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Colors That Go With Lemon Iced Tea

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Lemon Iced Tea; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base

Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

Triadic

Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of Lemon Iced Tea

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

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How Lemon Iced Tea Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#BD3000

Protanopia#5E5E00

Protanomaly#8E4F00

Deuteranopia#787800

Deuteranomaly#996300

Tritanopia#BE2D2D

Tritanomaly#BD2E21

Achromatopsia#656565

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Using #BD3000 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--lemon-iced-tea: #BD3000;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BD3000;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'lemon-iced-tea': '#BD3000' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.188, blue: 0.000)

Android XML<color name="lemon_iced_tea">#BD3000</color>

SVG fillfill="#BD3000"

More Brown Colors

Lemon Iced Tea sits in the brownfamily. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

bd3200 bb4d00 bd6800 ba7317 bd7b00 b86d29 bf600d b85b19 c04000 b8451e c27400 b76e24 cb8a10 e04000 2c1608 3f1f09 492e13 572400 65401a 704900 7e2a0c 856d4d 944a0a 9c4e16

#BD3000 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Lemon Iced Tea?

The hex code for Lemon Iced Tea is #BD3000. That is rgb(189, 48, 0) in RGB, hsl(15, 100%, 37%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(0%, 75%, 100%, 26%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #BD3000?

#BD3000 is rgb(189, 48, 0) — red 189, green 48, and blue 0 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BD3000?

#BD3000 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 75%, 100%, 26%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BD3000 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #BD3000 scores 5.86:1 against white and 3.59:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BD3000 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BD3000 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is firebrick (#B22222) at a CIE76 distance of 17.8, which is visibly different.

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