#BF9541#BF9541

#BF9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9541
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 66%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 6.73, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 49.55, 82.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% 0.0154 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.113 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1893, 32.9551, 9.6129)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9541 #416BBF

analogous

#BF5641 #BF9541 #AABF41

triadic

#BF9541 #41BF95 #9541BF

tetradic

#BF9541 #41BF56 #416BBF #BF41AA

square

#BF9541 #41BF56 #416BBF #BF41AA

split-complementary

#BF9541 #41AABF #5641BF

monochromatic

#644E22 #927231 #BF9541 #CEAF6F #DEC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BF9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BF9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9541

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9541	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)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b379',
    500: '#bf9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9541;
$custom-light: #d6b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69323,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9541

secondary

#92A5CA

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9541

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

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