#BF9238#BF9238

#BF9238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.118 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9238
RGB	rgb(191, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 7.85, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 52.84, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0175 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.118 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4806, 31.9220, 8.1914)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9238 #3865BF

analogous

#BF4E38 #BF9238 #A8BF38

triadic

#BF9238 #38BF92 #9238BF

tetradic

#BF9238 #38BF4E #3865BF #BF38A8

square

#BF9238 #38BF4E #3865BF #BF38A8

split-complementary

#BF9238 #38A8BF #4E38BF

monochromatic

#604A1C #906E2A #BF9238 #D1AC63 #DFC692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BF9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BF9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9238

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9238	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)

#A5922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.118 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b173',
    500: '#bf9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9238;
$custom-light: #d6b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68634,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9238

secondary

#899ECA

accent

#7BDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9238

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

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