#BF8935#BF8935

#BF8935 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8935
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 72.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, 12.64, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 52.75, 76.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.031 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.118 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0762, 29.2272, 7.3722)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8935 #356BBF

analogous

#BF4435 #BF8935 #B0BF35

triadic

#BF8935 #35BF89 #8935BF

tetradic

#BF8935 #35BF44 #356BBF #BF35B0

square

#BF8935 #35BF44 #356BBF #BF35B0

split-complementary

#BF8935 #35B0BF #4435BF

monochromatic

#5F441A #8F6728 #BF8935 #D3A55F #E0C08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BF8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BF8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8935

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8935	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab71',
    500: '#bf8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8935;
$custom-light: #d7ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66828,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8935

secondary

#85A0CA

accent

#83E048

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8935

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

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