#BF8B36#BF8B36

#BF8B36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8B36
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, 11.59, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 52.59, 77.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0281 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.118 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3864, 29.8104, 7.5902)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8B36 #366ABF

analogous

#BF4636 #BF8B36 #AEBF36

triadic

#BF8B36 #36BF8B #8B36BF

tetradic

#BF8B36 #36BF46 #366ABF #BF36AE

square

#BF8B36 #36BF46 #366ABF #BF36AE

split-complementary

#BF8B36 #36AEBF #4636BF

monochromatic

#60461B #8F6829 #BF8B36 #D2A760 #E0C190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BF8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BF8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B36

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8B36	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac72',
    500: '#bf8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8b36;
$custom-light: #d7ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.226,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67228,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8B36

secondary

#87A0CA

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B36

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

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