#BF8A16#BF8A16

#BF8A16 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.133 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A16
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 22)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(41, 88%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 88.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, 10.99, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 63.17, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.023 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.133 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7214, 29.3138, 4.7990)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A16 #164BBF

analogous

#BF3516 #BF8A16 #A0BF16

triadic

#BF8A16 #16BF8A #8A16BF

tetradic

#BF8A16 #16BF35 #164BBF #BF16A0

square

#BF8A16 #16BF35 #164BBF #BF16A0

split-complementary

#BF8A16 #16A0BF #3516BF

monochromatic

#513B09 #886210 #BF8A16 #E7AC2C #EDC262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#BF8A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#BF8A16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A16

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A16	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB991D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.133 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ab62',
    500: '#bf8a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a16;
$custom-light: #d8ab62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.183,
    "s": 79.343,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66832,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A16

secondary

#5F83D1

accent

#6FF632

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A16

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

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