#BF8957#BF8957

#BF8957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8957
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 87)
HSL	hsl(29, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, 14.95, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 37.86, 66.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0426 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.094 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1536, 29.6582, 13.0461)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8957 #578DBF

analogous

#BF5759 #BF8957 #BFBD57

triadic

#BF8957 #57BF89 #8957BF

tetradic

#BF8957 #59BF57 #578DBF #BD57BF

square

#BF8957 #59BF57 #578DBF #BD57BF

split-complementary

#BF8957 #57BFBD #5759BF

monochromatic

#714C2B #9D6B3C #BF8957 #D0A883 #E1C7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BF8957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#BF8957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8957

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8957	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab87',
    500: '#bf8957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8957;
$custom-light: #d5ab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.846,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8957

secondary

#A3BACF

accent

#96D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8957

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

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