#BF8B37#BF8B37

#BF8B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.117 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8B37
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 11.64, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 52.17, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% 0.0284 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.117 76)
XYZ	xyz(31.4101, 29.8199, 7.7152)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8B37 #376BBF

analogous

#BF4737 #BF8B37 #AFBF37

triadic

#BF8B37 #37BF8B #8B37BF

tetradic

#BF8B37 #37BF47 #376BBF #BF37AF

square

#BF8B37 #37BF47 #376BBF #BF37AF

split-complementary

#BF8B37 #37AFBF #4737BF

monochromatic

#60461C #8F6829 #BF8B37 #D2A762 #DFC191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BF8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BF8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B37

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8B37	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D07D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.117 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac72',
    500: '#bf8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8b37;
$custom-light: #d7ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67237,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.29817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8B37

secondary

#88A1CA

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B37

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

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