#BF9540#BF9540

#BF9540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.114 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9540
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 6.67, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 49.99, 82.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0151 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.114 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1606, 32.9437, 9.4617)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9540 #406ABF

analogous

#BF5540 #BF9540 #AABF40

triadic

#BF9540 #40BF95 #9540BF

tetradic

#BF9540 #40BF55 #406ABF #BF40AA

square

#BF9540 #40BF55 #406ABF #BF40AA

split-complementary

#BF9540 #40AABF #5540BF

monochromatic

#634D21 #917131 #BF9540 #CEAE6E #DEC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BF9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BF9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9540

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9540	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.114 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b379',
    500: '#bf9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9540;
$custom-light: #d6b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.157,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69313,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9540

secondary

#91A4CA

accent

#7CD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9540

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

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