#BF8740#BF8740

#BF8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.111 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8740
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, 14.35, 45.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 47.88, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0376 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.111 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0773, 28.7770, 8.7672)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8740 #4078BF

analogous

#BF4740 #BF8740 #B8BF40

triadic

#BF8740 #40BF87 #8740BF

tetradic

#BF8740 #40BF47 #4078BF #BF40B8

square

#BF8740 #40BF47 #4078BF #BF40B8

split-complementary

#BF8740 #40B8BF #4740BF

monochromatic

#634621 #916731 #BF8740 #CEA46E #DEC19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#BF8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#BF8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8740

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8740	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.111 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6aa78',
    500: '#bf8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8740;
$custom-light: #d6aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.543,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6655,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8740

secondary

#91AACA

accent

#8CD94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8740

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

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