#BF9227#BF9227

#BF9227 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.128 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9227
RGB	rgb(191, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(42, 80%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 79.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 7.10, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 59.31, 83.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0133 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.128 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1331, 31.7830, 6.3614)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9227 #2754BF

analogous

#BF4627 #BF9227 #A0BF27

triadic

#BF9227 #27BF92 #9227BF

tetradic

#BF9227 #27BF46 #2754BF #BF27A0

square

#BF9227 #27BF46 #2754BF #BF27A0

split-complementary

#BF9227 #27A0BF #4627BF

monochromatic

#594412 #8C6B1D #BF9227 #DAAF49 #E4C57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BF9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BF9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9227

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9227	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0847E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.128 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b16a',
    500: '#bf9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9227;
$custom-light: #d7b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68506,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9227

secondary

#758FCC

accent

#71E93F

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9227

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

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