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Bon Appétitstyle guide

The typefaces on Bon Appétit’s website (bonappetit.com) couldn’t be read from its stylesheets. Its palette is led by Gold (#FFDA08), Red (#DB0707) and Golden Rod (#E0C04E), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 21 October 2026.

Typefaces
Not readable
Palette
4 neutrals, 7 colours
Captured
21 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.bonappetit.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the bonappetit.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of bonappetit.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 21 Oct 2026.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title
Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Restaurants | Bon Appétit
▲ 70 / 60 characters
Meta description
Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.
● 138 / 160 characters
Site name
Bon Appétit
og:title
Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Restaurants
og:description
Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.
Language
en-US

In search results

Bon Appétithttps://www.bonappetit.com/

Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Restaurants | Bo…

Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.

When shared

The image Bon Appétit shares with links

bonappetit.com

Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Restaurants

Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients,…

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#000000) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Black 44.9%
  • White 36.7%
  • Gold 6.6%
  • Light Grey 4.6%
  • Dark Grey 3%
  • Red 1.4%
  • Golden Rod 0.7%
  • Deep Khaki 0.7%
  • Light Khaki 0.6%
  • Royal Blue 0.6%
  • Moccasin 0.3%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure
  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    —
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .lbuOpC .visualStoryLayout div[class*='CarouselHeaderItemTitle'] h2, :is(.bonappetit-us.commerce,.bonappetit-us .commerce) .link-button.primary.fille

  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    21.00:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text, background, border · --color-text-rubric-card, .hIlqgR .NavigationHeadingWrapper-hmRiSO

  • Light Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 16
    On text
    14.59:1 AAA
    On white
    1.44:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · input[type='submit'], --color-border-input

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 60
    On text
    3.66:1 AA large
    On white
    5.74:1 AA

    Text, border · --color-text-ad, .dDJUzs

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Gold

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 15 97 0
    On text
    15.28:1 AAA
    On white
    1.37:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · body:not(.light) .journey.nav-cta.button, .bonappetit-us .journey.nav-cta.button

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 97 97 14
    On text
    4.05:1 AA large
    On white
    5.19:1 AA

    Border · --color-border-error, --color-surface-status-card

  • Golden Rod

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 14 65 12
    On text
    11.82:1 AAA
    On white
    1.78:1 Fail

    Text · .cVWVLV.summary-item__rubric--gold, .cVWVLV.summary-item__rubric--gold a

  • Deep Khaki

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 12 49 2
    On text
    15.50:1 AAA
    On white
    1.35:1 Fail

    Background · body:not(.light) .journey.nav-cta.button:active, .bonappetit-us .journey.nav-cta.button:active

  • Light Khaki

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 4 36 2
    On text
    18.07:1 AAA
    On white
    1.16:1 Fail

    Background · body:not(.light) .journey.nav-cta.button:hover, .bonappetit-us .journey.nav-cta.button:hover

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 56 0 4
    On text
    4.42:1 AA large
    On white
    4.75:1 AA

    Graphic · --color-border-navigation-active, --color-text-navigation-accent

  • Moccasin

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 9 36 0
    On text
    17.06:1 AAA
    On white
    1.23:1 Fail

    Used · --color-surface-accent, --color-surface-placeholder

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

Typefaces

No typefaces could be read from this site’s stylesheets. It may set them with JavaScript.

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 2em · 32 px

Bon Appétit

Heading 2 34px / 1.1764705882352942em uppercase

Bon Appétit: Recipes, Cooking, Entertaining, Re…

Body 18px / 1.80647em none

Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.

Paragraph 14px / 1.2899999618530273em none

Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.

Small 80%

Cook with confidence. Enjoy your food. Find recipes, search our encyclopedia of cooking tips and ingredients, watch food videos, and more.

Link 17px / 1.6052941715016085em none

Read more about Bon Appétit

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 80px1 rules
  • 32px1 rules
  • 16px2 rules
  • 14px1 rules
  • 10px1 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Button

Get started

input[type='submit'] · #D7D7D7

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #D7D7D7

Corner radius

  • 50% · 5×
  • 20px · 5×
  • 100px · 2×
  • 8px · 1×
  • 16px · 1×

Shadows

  • -15px 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05)
  • 0 0 6px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)
  • 0 0 6px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15)

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

320
480
767
768
1024
1025
1280
1600

On a scale of 0 to 1600 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1600 px
1280 px
1024 px
800 px
640 px
400 px

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

  • ▲ CheckThe title is 70 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
  • ▲ CheckNo typefaces could be read from the stylesheets. The site may set them with JavaScript.

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What are Bon Appétit’s brand colours?
The main colours on bonappetit.com are Gold (#FFDA08), Red (#DB0707), Golden Rod (#E0C04E), Deep Khaki (#FADB7F), Light Khaki (#FBF0A0) and Royal Blue (#006BF5).
What colour is Bon Appétit’s text and background?
Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Bon Appétit’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on bonappetit.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Bon Appétit’s own brand or press page.
Is this Bon Appétit’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from bonappetit.com’s public web pages on 21 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Bon Appétit. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

bonappetit-com-tokens.css

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/* bonappetit.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/bonappetit.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-light-grey: #D7D7D7;
  --colour-dark-grey: #666666;
  --colour-gold: #FFDA08;
  --colour-red: #DB0707;
  --colour-golden-rod: #E0C04E;
  --colour-deep-khaki: #FADB7F;
  --colour-light-khaki: #FBF0A0;
  --colour-royal-blue: #006BF5;
  --colour-moccasin: #FEE6A3;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-h2: 34px;
  --leading-h2: 1.1764705882352942em;
  --text-body: 18px;
  --leading-body: 1.80647em;
  --text-p: 14px;
  --leading-p: 1.2899999618530273em;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-a: 17px;
  --leading-a: 1.6052941715016085em;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 20px;
  --radius-3: 100px;
  --radius-4: 8px;
  --radius-5: 16px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 480px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1025px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1600px;
  --max-width-1: 1600px;
  --max-width-2: 1280px;
  --max-width-3: 1024px;
  --max-width-4: 800px;
  --max-width-5: 640px;
  --max-width-6: 400px;
}

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