#BF8955#BF8955

#BF8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.095 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8955
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 14.78, 35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 38.74, 67.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.0418 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.095 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0730, 29.6259, 12.6217)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8955 #558BBF

analogous

#BF5556 #BF8955 #BFBE55

triadic

#BF8955 #55BF89 #8955BF

tetradic

#BF8955 #56BF55 #558BBF #BE55BF

square

#BF8955 #56BF55 #558BBF #BE55BF

split-complementary

#BF8955 #55BFBE #5556BF

monochromatic

#704C2A #9C6A3B #BF8955 #D0A881 #E0C7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BF8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BF8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8955

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8955	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.095 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab86',
    500: '#bf8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8955;
$custom-light: #d5ab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67212,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8955

secondary

#A1B8CE

accent

#95D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8955

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

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