Bonfire #F78058

Bonfire (#F78058) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 39°, lightness 0.73 and chroma 0.156. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#F78058
RGBrgb(247, 128, 88)
HSLhsl(15, 91%, 66%)
HSVhsv(15, 64%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 48%, 64%, 3%)
CIE Lablab(66.5 42.3 42.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.727 0.156 39)

How Bonfire behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Bonfire shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Bonfire in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.57:1 and against black 8.18:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Bonfire

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffeee8 · #ffb59c · #f78058 · #c25935 · #943715 · #641b00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ffbf6f · #fda05c · #f78058 · #df6c69 · #c35c74 · #a45079

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#f78058 · #9a874f · #a84a2a · #614c00 · #5f1900 · #251b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe8e0 · #e6c0b3 · #f78058 · #0094b3 · #8b5543 · #603c31

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6fc · #f78058 · #9d857d · #4a565a · #321c14 · #000305

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd3 · #90a2a8 · #142c33 · #00090f · #f78058

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#dcdab4 · #f78058 · #aa8294 · #23848d · #293645 · #04120d

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e4cded · #f78058 · #6b9fa1 · #416ba5 · #303552 · #23060f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d8fce7 · #f78058 · #36a26f · #4543a7 · #1b0d5f · #000401

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e8f9d8 · #f78058 · #739a42 · #005e72 · #340050 · #000408

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FD9370 · #FFA789 · #FFBBA4 · #FFCEBD · #FFE0D6

Shades

#CF6541 · #A94B2A · #843213 · #601A00 · #390A00

Muted

#E88A6B · #D8937D · #C79B8D

Using Bonfire

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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