#BF8737#BF8737

#BF8737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.117 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8737
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, 13.84, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 51.71, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.0348 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.117 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8415, 28.6827, 7.5257)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8737 #376FBF

analogous

#BF4337 #BF8737 #B3BF37

triadic

#BF8737 #37BF87 #8737BF

tetradic

#BF8737 #37BF43 #376FBF #BF37B3

square

#BF8737 #37BF43 #376FBF #BF37B3

split-complementary

#BF8737 #37B3BF #4337BF

monochromatic

#60441C #8F6529 #BF8737 #D2A362 #DFBF91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#BF8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#BF8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8737

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8737	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.117 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a972',
    500: '#bf8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8737;
$custom-light: #d7a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66458,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8737

secondary

#88A3CA

accent

#87DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8737

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

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