#BF9237#BF9237

#BF9237 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.119 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9237
RGB	rgb(191, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 7.80, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 53.26, 81.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0172 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.119 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4563, 31.9123, 8.0639)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9237 #3764BF

analogous

#BF4E37 #BF9237 #A8BF37

triadic

#BF9237 #37BF92 #9237BF

tetradic

#BF9237 #37BF4E #3764BF #BF37A8

square

#BF9237 #37BF4E #3764BF #BF37A8

split-complementary

#BF9237 #37A8BF #4E37BF

monochromatic

#60491C #8F6E29 #BF9237 #D2AD62 #DFC591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BF9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BF9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9237

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9237	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A5922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.119 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#bf9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9237;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68625,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9237

secondary

#889ECA

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9237

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

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