#BF5937#BF5937

#BF5937 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.140 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF5937
RGB	rgb(191, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 38.63, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 54.60, 44.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1093 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.14 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7503, 18.5002, 5.8286)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF5937 #379DBF

analogous

#BF3759 #BF5937 #BF9D37

triadic

#BF5937 #37BF59 #5937BF

tetradic

#BF5937 #59BF37 #379DBF #9D37BF

square

#BF5937 #59BF37 #379DBF #9D37BF

split-complementary

#BF5937 #37BF9D #3759BF

monochromatic

#602D1C #8F4329 #BF5937 #D27E62 #DFA591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#BF5937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#BF5937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF5937

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF5937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF5937	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D14451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf5937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.140 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98a6f',
    500: '#bf5937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf5937;
$custom-light: #d98a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf5937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58436,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF5937

secondary

#88BACA

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF5937

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

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