#BF8E40#BF8E40

#BF8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8E40
RGB	rgb(191, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 10.50, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 48.75, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0263 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.112 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0862, 30.7949, 9.1036)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8E40 #4071BF

analogous

#BF4E40 #BF8E40 #B1BF40

triadic

#BF8E40 #40BF8E #8E40BF

tetradic

#BF8E40 #40BF4E #4071BF #BF40B1

square

#BF8E40 #40BF4E #4071BF #BF40B1

split-complementary

#BF8E40 #40B1BF #4E40BF

monochromatic

#634A21 #916C31 #BF8E40 #CEA96E #DEC49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#BF8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#BF8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8E40

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8E40	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ae78',
    500: '#bf8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8e40;
$custom-light: #d6ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.85,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.11171,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8E40

secondary

#91A7CA

accent

#84D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8E40

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

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