#BF8836#BF8836

#BF8836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.118 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF8836
RGBrgb(191, 136, 54)
HSLhsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(60.74, 13.24, 50.52)
CIE-LCHlch(60.74, 52.23, 75.31°)
OKLaboklab(66.64% 0.0329 0.113)
OKLCHoklch(66.64% 0.118 73.8)
XYZxyz(30.9580, 28.9536, 7.4474)
Luminance0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF8836 #366DBF
analogous
#BF4336 #BF8836 #B1BF36
triadic
#BF8836 #36BF88 #8836BF
tetradic
#BF8836 #36BF43 #366DBF #BF36B1
square
#BF8836 #36BF43 #366DBF #BF36B1
split-complementary
#BF8836 #36B1BF #4336BF
monochromatic
#60441B #8F6629 #BF8836 #D2A460 #E0C090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09
#BF8836 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79
#BF8836 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8836
6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF8836#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BF88361.003.096.796.79
#FFFFFF3.091.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7921.001.001.00
##0000006.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9C8B2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A99838
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D07A77
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.118 73.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aa71',
    500: '#bf8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf8836;
$custom-light: #d7aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.912,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66642,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF8836
secondary
#87A2CA
accent
#85DF49
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#BF8836 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva