#BF8A36#BF8A36

#BF8A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A36
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 12.14, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 52.46, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% 0.0297 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.118 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2423, 29.5222, 7.5422)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A36 #366BBF

analogous

#BF4536 #BF8A36 #AFBF36

triadic

#BF8A36 #36BF8A #8A36BF

tetradic

#BF8A36 #36BF45 #366BBF #BF36AF

square

#BF8A36 #36BF45 #366BBF #BF36AF

split-complementary

#BF8A36 #36AFBF #4536BF

monochromatic

#60451B #8F6829 #BF8A36 #D2A660 #E0C190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BF8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#BF8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A36

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A36	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac72',
    500: '#bf8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a36;
$custom-light: #d7ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67032,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A36

secondary

#87A1CA

accent

#83DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A36

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

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