#BF8451#BF8451

#BF8451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.099 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8451
RGB	rgb(191, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 17.21, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 40.23, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0485 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.099 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2242, 28.1755, 11.5769)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8451 #518CBF

analogous

#BF5155 #BF8451 #BFBB51

triadic

#BF8451 #51BF84 #8451BF

tetradic

#BF8451 #55BF51 #518CBF #BB51BF

square

#BF8451 #55BF51 #518CBF #BB51BF

split-complementary

#BF8451 #51BFBB #5155BF

monochromatic

#6D4828 #9A6639 #BF8451 #CFA47E #E0C3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BF8451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BF8451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8451

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8451	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.099 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6a883',
    500: '#bf8451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8451;
$custom-light: #d6a883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66196,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8451

secondary

#9EB8CE

accent

#99D652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8451

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

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