#BF7538#BF7538

#BF7538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7538
RGB	rgb(191, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 23.81, 44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 50.70, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0645 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.12 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5632, 24.0873, 6.8857)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7538 #3882BF

analogous

#BF383E #BF7538 #BFB838

triadic

#BF7538 #38BF75 #7538BF

tetradic

#BF7538 #3EBF38 #3882BF #B838BF

square

#BF7538 #3EBF38 #3882BF #B838BF

split-complementary

#BF7538 #38BFB8 #383EBF

monochromatic

#603B1C #90582A #BF7538 #D19563 #DFB592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#BF7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#BF7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7538

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7538	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D06568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79d71',
    500: '#bf7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7538;
$custom-light: #d79d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.11993,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7538

secondary

#89ADCA

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7538

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

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