#BF8A51#BF8A51

#BF8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.098 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A51
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 13.90, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 40.61, 69.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0387 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.098 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0614, 29.8498, 11.8559)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A51 #5186BF

analogous

#BF5351 #BF8A51 #BDBF51

triadic

#BF8A51 #51BF8A #8A51BF

tetradic

#BF8A51 #51BF53 #5186BF #BF51BD

square

#BF8A51 #51BF53 #5186BF #BF51BD

split-complementary

#BF8A51 #51BDBF #5351BF

monochromatic

#6D4C28 #9A6B39 #BF8A51 #CFA87E #E0C6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BF8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BF8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A51

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A51	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.098 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ac83',
    500: '#bf8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a51;
$custom-light: #d5ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.091,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.09824,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A51

secondary

#9EB5CE

accent

#92D652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A51

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

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