#BF8B40#BF8B40

#BF8B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BF8B40
RGBrgb(191, 139, 64)
HSLhsl(35, 50%, 50%)
HSVhsv(35, 66%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.2%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.58, 12.15, 46.78)
CIE-LCHlch(61.58, 48.33, 75.44°)
OKLaboklab(67.33% 0.0311 0.1068)
OKLCHoklch(67.33% 0.111 73.8)
XYZxyz(31.6459, 29.9142, 8.9568)
Luminance0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BF8B40 #4074BF
analogous
#BF4B40 #BF8B40 #B4BF40
triadic
#BF8B40 #40BF8B #8B40BF
tetradic
#BF8B40 #40BF4B #4074BF #BF40B4
square
#BF8B40 #40BF4B #4074BF #BF40B4
split-complementary
#BF8B40 #40B4BF #4B40BF
monochromatic
#634821 #916A31 #BF8B40 #CEA76E #DEC39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#BF8B40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98
#BF8B40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B40
6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BF8B40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BF8B401.003.016.986.98
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9821.001.001.00
##0000006.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8D38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9A42
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CF7E7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bf8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 73.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ac78',
    500: '#bf8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bf8b40;
$custom-light: #d6ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bf8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.433,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67327,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BF8B40
secondary
#91A8CA
accent
#87D94E
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B40

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#BF8B40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva