#BF9236#BF9236

#BF9236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9236
RGB	rgb(191, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 7.75, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 53.67, 81.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0169 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.12 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4326, 31.9028, 7.9390)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9236 #3663BF

analogous

#BF4E36 #BF9236 #A7BF36

triadic

#BF9236 #36BF92 #9236BF

tetradic

#BF9236 #36BF4E #3663BF #BF36A7

square

#BF9236 #36BF4E #3663BF #BF36A7

split-complementary

#BF9236 #36A7BF #4E36BF

monochromatic

#60491B #8F6E29 #BF9236 #D2AD60 #E0C590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BF9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BF9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9236

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9236	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b172',
    500: '#bf9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9236;
$custom-light: #d7b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68616,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9236

secondary

#879DCA

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9236

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

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