#BF9438#BF9438

#BF9438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9438
RGB	rgb(191, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 6.76, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 53.22, 82.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0143 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.119 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7916, 32.5440, 8.2951)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9438 #3863BF

analogous

#BF5038 #BF9438 #A6BF38

triadic

#BF9438 #38BF94 #9438BF

tetradic

#BF9438 #38BF50 #3863BF #BF38A6

square

#BF9438 #38BF50 #3863BF #BF38A6

split-complementary

#BF9438 #38A6BF #5038BF

monochromatic

#604B1C #906F2A #BF9438 #D1AE63 #DFC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BF9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BF9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9438

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9438	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b374',
    500: '#bf9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9438;
$custom-light: #d6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69035,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9438

secondary

#899ECA

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9438

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

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