#BF8940#BF8940

#BF8940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.111 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8940
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 13.25, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 48.09, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0344 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.111 72)
XYZ	xyz(31.3590, 29.3403, 8.8611)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8940 #4076BF

analogous

#BF4940 #BF8940 #B6BF40

triadic

#BF8940 #40BF89 #8940BF

tetradic

#BF8940 #40BF49 #4076BF #BF40B6

square

#BF8940 #40BF49 #4076BF #BF40B6

split-complementary

#BF8940 #40B6BF #4940BF

monochromatic

#634721 #916831 #BF8940 #CEA56E #DEC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BF8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#BF8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8940

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8940	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.111 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ab78',
    500: '#bf8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8940;
$custom-light: #d6ab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.488,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66937,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.29338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8940

secondary

#91A9CA

accent

#8AD94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8940

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

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