#BF8936#BF8936

#BF8936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8936
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, 12.69, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 52.34, 75.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0313 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.118 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0995, 29.2365, 7.4946)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8936 #366CBF

analogous

#BF4436 #BF8936 #B0BF36

triadic

#BF8936 #36BF89 #8936BF

tetradic

#BF8936 #36BF44 #366CBF #BF36B0

square

#BF8936 #36BF44 #366CBF #BF36B0

split-complementary

#BF8936 #36B0BF #4436BF

monochromatic

#60451B #8F6729 #BF8936 #D2A560 #E0C090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BF8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BF8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8936

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8936	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)

#9D8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab72',
    500: '#bf8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8936;
$custom-light: #d7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66837,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8936

secondary

#87A1CA

accent

#84DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8936

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

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