Information about #BF8E3A color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #BF8E3A reads as a pleasantly vivid warm orange and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pizza (#BF8D3C). Slightly further away sit Hokey Pokey (#BB8E34) and Anzac (#C68E3F).
The recipe behind #BF8E3A is rgb(191, 142, 58), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 7.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.9:1. #BF8E3A has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#BF8E3A color variations
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#BF8E3A color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#BF8E3A color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#BF8E3A color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#BF8E3A color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#BF8E3A color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #BF8E3A color
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Nearest named colors to #BF8E3A
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#BF8D3C
#BB8E34
#C68E3F
#C6973F
#B38D42
#B69642
#B78239
#BB8141
#B0903D
#B98036
#B78038
#C0934A
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#BF8E3A
- RGB191, 142, 58
- CMYK0, 19, 52, 25
- CSSrgb(191, 142, 58)
- HSL38°, 53%, 49%
- HSL Precise37.895°, 53.414%, 48.824%
- HSV38°, 70%, 75%
- HSB38°, 70%, 75%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.749
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.227
- GLSLvec3(0.749, 0.557, 0.227)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.749, 0.557, 0.227, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.749, 0.557, 0.227)
- Percentage of Red in RGB74.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB22.7%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDBF8E3A
- DECIMAL ID12553786
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
