#BF9538#BF9538

#BF9538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9538
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, 6.21, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 53.41, 83.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0127 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.119 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9491, 32.8590, 8.3476)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9538 #3862BF

analogous

#BF5138 #BF9538 #A5BF38

triadic

#BF9538 #38BF95 #9538BF

tetradic

#BF9538 #38BF51 #3862BF #BF38A5

square

#BF9538 #38BF51 #3862BF #BF38A5

split-complementary

#BF9538 #38A5BF #5138BF

monochromatic

#604B1C #90702A #BF9538 #D1AF63 #DFC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BF9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BF9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9538

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9538	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b374',
    500: '#bf9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9538;
$custom-light: #d6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69237,
    "c": 0.11944,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9538

secondary

#899DCA

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9538

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

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