#BF8B59#BF8B59

#BF8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.092 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8B59
RGB	rgb(191, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, 14.02, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 37.11, 67.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0401 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.092 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5233, 30.2652, 13.5780)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8B59 #598DBF

analogous

#BF595A #BF8B59 #BFBE59

triadic

#BF8B59 #59BF8B #8B59BF

tetradic

#BF8B59 #5ABF59 #598DBF #BE59BF

square

#BF8B59 #5ABF59 #598DBF #BE59BF

split-complementary

#BF8B59 #59BFBE #595ABF

monochromatic

#724E2C #9E6C3D #BF8B59 #D0AA85 #E1C9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BF8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BF8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8B59

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8B59	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.092 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ad89',
    500: '#bf8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8b59;
$custom-light: #d5ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.412,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6766,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8B59

secondary

#A4BACF

accent

#95D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8B59

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

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