#BF9542#BF9542

#BF9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.112 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9542
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 6.79, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 49.11, 82.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.0157 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.112 82)
XYZ	xyz(33.2186, 32.9668, 9.7668)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9542 #426CBF

analogous

#BF5642 #BF9542 #AABF42

triadic

#BF9542 #42BF95 #9542BF

tetradic

#BF9542 #42BF56 #426CBF #BF42AA

square

#BF9542 #42BF56 #426CBF #BF42AA

split-complementary

#BF9542 #42AABF #5642BF

monochromatic

#654E22 #927232 #BF9542 #CEAF70 #DEC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BF9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BF9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9542

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9542	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)

#A79539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.112 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b37a',
    500: '#bf9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9542;
$custom-light: #d6b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69333,
    "c": 0.11218,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.32965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9542

secondary

#93A5CA

accent

#7DD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9542

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

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