#BD3200 Color

#BD3200 is rgb(189, 50, 0) in RGB, hsl(16, 100%, 37%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 74%, 100%, 26%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Lemon Iced Tea (#BD3000), indistinguishable to the eye at ΔE 0.71. White text is the more readable choice on this background.

#BD3200

HEX#BD3200

RGBrgb(189, 50, 0)

HSLhsl(16, 100%, 37%)

HSVhsv(16, 100%, 74%)

CMYKcmyk(0%, 74%, 100%, 26%)

OKLCHoklch(52.8% 0.182 35.7)

LABlab(43.67% 54.77 56.66)

LCHlch(43.67% 78.80 45.97)

What #BD3200 Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #BD3200, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Lemon Iced Tea#BD3000ΔE 0.71 Sinopia#CB410BΔE 4.83 Mahogany#C04000ΔE 5.02 Tomato Sauce#B21807ΔE 8.41 Rust#B7410EΔE 8.84 Mordant Red 19#AE0C00ΔE 8.9

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

#BD3200 Channel Values

How #BD3200 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 50 · B 0	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 16° · S 100% · L 37%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 16° · S 100% · V 74%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 0% · M 74% · Y 100% · K 26%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	5.8:1 vs white · 3.62:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #BD3200 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 text5.8:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Fails AABlack text3.62:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #BD3200 in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #BD3200

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #BD3200; 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 #BD3200

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

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #BD3200.

How #BD3200 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#BD3200

Protanopia#5F5F00

Protanomaly#8E5000

Deuteranopia#797900

Deuteranomaly#996400

Tritanopia#BE2F2F

Tritanomaly#BD3023

Achromatopsia#656565

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #BD3200 in Code

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

CSS custom property--color-bd3200: #BD3200;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #BD3200;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-bd3200': '#BD3200' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.741, green: 0.196, blue: 0.000)

Android XML<color name="color_bd3200">#BD3200</color>

SVG fillfill="#BD3200"

More Brown Colors

#BD3200 sits in the brown family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

bd6800 bd3000 bd7b00 bb4d00 bf600d ba7317 c04000 b86d29 c27400 b85b19 c46210 b8451e cc5500 e15501 2d1c0c 432004 4c2715 573800 67330e 773d22 81613c 8b4727 976f3b a65f00

#BD3200 Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #BD3200?

#BD3200 is a dark brown — rgb(189, 50, 0) in RGB and hsl(16, 100%, 37%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Lemon Iced Tea (#BD3000), which is indistinguishable to the eye at a CIE76 distance of 0.71.

What is the RGB value of #BD3200?

#BD3200 is rgb(189, 50, 0) — red 189, green 50, and blue 0 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #BD3200?

#BD3200 converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 74%, 100%, 26%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #BD3200 be black or white?

White text is the more readable choice. #BD3200 scores 5.8:1 against white and 3.62:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #BD3200 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #BD3200 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 17.98, which is visibly different.

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