#BF8535#BF8535

#BF8535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8535
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 14.84, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 52.34, 73.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% 0.0375 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.118 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5181, 28.1111, 7.1862)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8535 #356FBF

analogous

#BF4035 #BF8535 #B4BF35

triadic

#BF8535 #35BF85 #8535BF

tetradic

#BF8535 #35BF40 #356FBF #BF35B4

square

#BF8535 #35BF40 #356FBF #BF35B4

split-complementary

#BF8535 #35B4BF #4035BF

monochromatic

#5F421A #8F6428 #BF8535 #D3A25F #E0BE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BF8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BF8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8535

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8535	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a871',
    500: '#bf8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8535;
$custom-light: #d7a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66053,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8535

secondary

#85A2CA

accent

#88E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8535

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

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