#BF8938#BF8938

#BF8938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.117 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8938
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, 12.79, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 51.51, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0319 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.117 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1474, 29.2557, 7.7471)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8938 #386EBF

analogous

#BF4538 #BF8938 #B1BF38

triadic

#BF8938 #38BF89 #8938BF

tetradic

#BF8938 #38BF45 #386EBF #BF38B1

square

#BF8938 #38BF45 #386EBF #BF38B1

split-complementary

#BF8938 #38B1BF #4538BF

monochromatic

#60451C #90672A #BF8938 #D1A563 #DFC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#BF8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BF8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8938

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8938	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)

#9C8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.117 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab73',
    500: '#bf8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8938;
$custom-light: #d7ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66855,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8938

secondary

#89A3CA

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8938

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

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