#BF7837#BF7837

#BF7837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7837
RGB	rgb(191, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 22.11, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 51.03, 64.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0593 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.119 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8942, 24.7879, 6.8765)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7837 #377EBF

analogous

#BF373A #BF7837 #BFBC37

triadic

#BF7837 #37BF78 #7837BF

tetradic

#BF7837 #3ABF37 #377EBF #BC37BF

square

#BF7837 #3ABF37 #377EBF #BC37BF

split-complementary

#BF7837 #37BFBC #373ABF

monochromatic

#603C1C #8F5A29 #BF7837 #D29762 #DFB691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#BF7837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BF7837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7837

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7837	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79f71',
    500: '#bf7837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7837;
$custom-light: #d79f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7837

secondary

#88AACA

accent

#97DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7837

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

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