#BF8A38#BF8A38

#BF8A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.117 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A38
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, 12.24, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 51.63, 76.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0303 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.117 75)
XYZ	xyz(31.2902, 29.5413, 7.7947)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A38 #386DBF

analogous

#BF4638 #BF8A38 #B0BF38

triadic

#BF8A38 #38BF8A #8A38BF

tetradic

#BF8A38 #38BF46 #386DBF #BF38B0

square

#BF8A38 #38BF46 #386DBF #BF38B0

split-complementary

#BF8A38 #38B0BF #4638BF

monochromatic

#60461C #90682A #BF8A38 #D1A663 #DFC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#BF8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#BF8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A38

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A38	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.117 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac73',
    500: '#bf8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a38;
$custom-light: #d7ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67051,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.29539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A38

secondary

#89A2CA

accent

#84DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A38

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

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