#BF842D#BF842D

#BF842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF842D
RGB	rgb(191, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 76.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 15.02, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 55.41, 74.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% 0.037 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.123 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2130, 27.7710, 6.2512)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF842D #2D68BF

analogous

#BF3B2D #BF842D #B1BF2D

triadic

#BF842D #2DBF84 #842DBF

tetradic

#BF842D #2DBF3B #2D68BF #BF2DB1

square

#BF842D #2DBF3B #2D68BF #BF2DB1

split-complementary

#BF842D #2DB1BF #3B2DBF

monochromatic

#5C4016 #8D6221 #BF842D #D6A153 #E2BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#BF842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#BF842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF842D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF842D	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#998720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a76c',
    500: '#bf842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf842d;
$custom-light: #d7a76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.753,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65794,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF842D

secondary

#7C9CCB

accent

#84E543

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF842D

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

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