#BF842C#BF842C

#BF842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF842C
RGB	rgb(191, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 77%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 14.98, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 55.78, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.0367 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.123 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1940, 27.7634, 6.1510)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF842C #2C67BF

analogous

#BF3A2C #BF842C #B0BF2C

triadic

#BF842C #2CBF84 #842CBF

tetradic

#BF842C #2CBF3A #2C67BF #BF2CB0

square

#BF842C #2CBF3A #2C67BF #BF2CB0

split-complementary

#BF842C #2CB0BF #3A2CBF

monochromatic

#5C3F15 #8D6221 #BF842C #D7A151 #E2BC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#BF842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BF842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF842C

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF842C	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76b',
    500: '#bf842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf842c;
$custom-light: #d7a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.918,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65786,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF842C

secondary

#7B9BCC

accent

#84E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF842C

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

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