#BF9231#BF9231

#BF9231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.123 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9231
RGB	rgb(191, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 74.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 7.51, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 55.66, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0156 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.123 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3212, 31.8582, 7.3521)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9231 #315EBF

analogous

#BF4B31 #BF9231 #A5BF31

triadic

#BF9231 #31BF92 #9231BF

tetradic

#BF9231 #31BF4B #315EBF #BF31A5

square

#BF9231 #31BF4B #315EBF #BF31A5

split-complementary

#BF9231 #31A5BF #4B31BF

monochromatic

#5E4818 #8E6D25 #BF9231 #D4AD59 #E1C58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BF9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BF9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9231

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9231	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.123 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b16f',
    500: '#bf9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9231;
$custom-light: #d7b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.986,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68575,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9231

secondary

#8198CB

accent

#77E245

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF5EC

border

#D4CFC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9231

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

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