#BF8B38#BF8B38

#BF8B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.117 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8B38
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 11.69, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 51.76, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.0287 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.117 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4344, 29.8296, 7.8427)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8B38 #386CBF

analogous

#BF4738 #BF8B38 #AFBF38

triadic

#BF8B38 #38BF8B #8B38BF

tetradic

#BF8B38 #38BF47 #386CBF #BF38AF

square

#BF8B38 #38BF47 #386CBF #BF38AF

split-complementary

#BF8B38 #38AFBF #4738BF

monochromatic

#60461C #90692A #BF8B38 #D1A763 #DFC292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BF8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BF8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B38

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8B38	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)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.117 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ac73',
    500: '#bf8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8b38;
$custom-light: #d7ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67246,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8B38

secondary

#89A2CA

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B38

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

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