#BF8438#BF8438

#BF8438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.116 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8438
RGB	rgb(191, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 15.55, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 51.02, 72.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.04 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.116 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4531, 27.8670, 7.5156)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8438 #3873BF

analogous

#BF4038 #BF8438 #B6BF38

triadic

#BF8438 #38BF84 #8438BF

tetradic

#BF8438 #38BF40 #3873BF #BF38B6

square

#BF8438 #38BF40 #3873BF #BF38B6

split-complementary

#BF8438 #38B6BF #4038BF

monochromatic

#60431C #90632A #BF8438 #D1A163 #DFBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#BF8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#BF8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8438

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8438	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.116 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a772',
    500: '#bf8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8438;
$custom-light: #d7a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8438

secondary

#89A5CA

accent

#8BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8438

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

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