#BF8E2B#BF8E2B

#BF8E2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.125 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8E2B
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 77.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 9.44, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 57.28, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0205 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.125 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5970, 30.5992, 6.5271)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8E2B #2B5CBF

analogous

#BF442B #BF8E2B #A6BF2B

triadic

#BF8E2B #2BBF8E #8E2BBF

tetradic

#BF8E2B #2BBF44 #2B5CBF #BF2BA6

square

#BF8E2B #2BBF44 #2B5CBF #BF2BA6

split-complementary

#BF8E2B #2BA6BF #442BBF

monochromatic

#5B4415 #8D6920 #BF8E2B #D8AB50 #E3C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BF8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#BF8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8E2B

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8E2B	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.125 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ae6c',
    500: '#bf8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8e2b;
$custom-light: #d7ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67733,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8E2B

secondary

#7A95CC

accent

#78E642

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8E2B

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

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