#BF8538#BF8538

#BF8538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.116 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8538
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.01, 15.00, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.01, 51.10, 72.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% 0.0384 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.116 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5893, 28.1395, 7.5610)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8538 #3872BF

analogous

#BF4138 #BF8538 #B5BF38

triadic

#BF8538 #38BF85 #8538BF

tetradic

#BF8538 #38BF41 #3872BF #BF38B5

square

#BF8538 #38BF41 #3872BF #BF38B5

split-complementary

#BF8538 #38B5BF #4138BF

monochromatic

#60431C #90642A #BF8538 #D1A263 #DFBE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BF8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BF8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8538

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8538	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)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.116 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a872',
    500: '#bf8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8538;
$custom-light: #d7a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66081,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8538

secondary

#89A5CA

accent

#89DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8538

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

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