#BF8536#BF8536

#BF8536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.118 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8536
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, 14.89, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 51.93, 73.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0378 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.118 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5414, 28.1204, 7.3086)
Luminance	0.2812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8536 #3670BF

analogous

#BF4136 #BF8536 #B4BF36

triadic

#BF8536 #36BF85 #8536BF

tetradic

#BF8536 #36BF41 #3670BF #BF36B4

square

#BF8536 #36BF41 #3670BF #BF36B4

split-complementary

#BF8536 #36B4BF #4136BF

monochromatic

#60431B #8F6429 #BF8536 #D2A260 #E0BE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BF8536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BF8536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8536

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8536	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)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.118 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a871',
    500: '#bf8536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8536;
$custom-light: #d7a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.599,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66062,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8536

secondary

#87A3CA

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8536

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

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