#BF8939#BF8939

#BF8939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.116 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8939
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, 12.85, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 51.09, 75.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0322 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.116 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1721, 29.2656, 7.8772)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8939 #396FBF

analogous

#BF4639 #BF8939 #B2BF39

triadic

#BF8939 #39BF89 #8939BF

tetradic

#BF8939 #39BF46 #396FBF #BF39B2

square

#BF8939 #39BF46 #396FBF #BF39B2

split-complementary

#BF8939 #39B2BF #4639BF

monochromatic

#61451D #90672B #BF8939 #D1A564 #DFC193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BF8939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#BF8939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8939

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8939	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#9C8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.116 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ab73',
    500: '#bf8939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8939;
$custom-light: #d7ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66865,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8939

secondary

#8AA4CA

accent

#86DD4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8939

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

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