#BF7838#BF7838

#BF7838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.119 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF7838
RGB	rgb(191, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 22.16, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 50.62, 64.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0596 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.119 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9184, 24.7976, 7.0041)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF7838 #387FBF

analogous

#BF383C #BF7838 #BFBB38

triadic

#BF7838 #38BF78 #7838BF

tetradic

#BF7838 #3CBF38 #387FBF #BB38BF

square

#BF7838 #3CBF38 #387FBF #BB38BF

split-complementary

#BF7838 #38BFBB #383CBF

monochromatic

#603D1C #905A2A #BF7838 #D19763 #DFB792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#BF7838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#BF7838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF7838

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF7838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF7838	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf7838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.119 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d79f72',
    500: '#bf7838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf7838;
$custom-light: #d79f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf7838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF7838

secondary

#89ABCA

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF7838

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

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