#BF8837#BF8837

#BF8837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8837
RGB	rgb(191, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 13.29, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 51.81, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% 0.0332 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.117 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9817, 28.9630, 7.5724)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8837 #376EBF

analogous

#BF4437 #BF8837 #B2BF37

triadic

#BF8837 #37BF88 #8837BF

tetradic

#BF8837 #37BF44 #376EBF #BF37B2

square

#BF8837 #37BF44 #376EBF #BF37B2

split-complementary

#BF8837 #37B2BF #4437BF

monochromatic

#60441C #8F6629 #BF8837 #D2A462 #DFC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BF8837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BF8837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8837

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8837	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7aa72',
    500: '#bf8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8837;
$custom-light: #d7aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66651,
    "c": 0.11708,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8837

secondary

#88A3CA

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8837

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

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