#BF542C#BF542C

#BF542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.148 H 40.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF542C
RGB	rgb(191, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 40.63, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 59.27, 46.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.1134 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.148 40)
XYZ	xyz(25.1134, 17.6022, 4.4575)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF542C #2C97BF

analogous

#BF2C4D #BF542C #BF9D2C

triadic

#BF542C #2CBF54 #542CBF

tetradic

#BF542C #4DBF2C #2C97BF #9D2CBF

square

#BF542C #4DBF2C #2C97BF #9D2CBF

split-complementary

#BF542C #2CBF9D #2C4DBF

monochromatic

#5C2815 #8D3E21 #BF542C #D77651 #E29D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BF542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#BF542C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BF542C

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BF542C	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D23C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.148 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8768',
    500: '#bf542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf542c;
$custom-light: #da8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.327,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57573,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.17599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF542C

secondary

#7BB6CC

accent

#B9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF542C

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

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