#BF8937#BF8937

#BF8937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.117 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8937
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 12.74, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 51.92, 75.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.0316 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.117 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1232, 29.2460, 7.6196)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8937 #376DBF

analogous

#BF4537 #BF8937 #B1BF37

triadic

#BF8937 #37BF89 #8937BF

tetradic

#BF8937 #37BF45 #376DBF #BF37B1

square

#BF8937 #37BF45 #376DBF #BF37B1

split-complementary

#BF8937 #37B1BF #4537BF

monochromatic

#60451C #8F6729 #BF8937 #D2A562 #DFC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BF8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BF8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8937

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8937	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)

#9D8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.117 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab72',
    500: '#bf8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8937;
$custom-light: #d7ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8937

secondary

#88A2CA

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8937

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

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