#BF9555#BF9555

#BF9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.096 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9555
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 8.18, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 40.33, 78.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% 0.0223 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.096 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8746, 33.2293, 13.2223)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9555 #557FBF

analogous

#BF6055 #BF9555 #B4BF55

triadic

#BF9555 #55BF95 #9555BF

tetradic

#BF9555 #55BF60 #557FBF #BF55B4

square

#BF9555 #55BF60 #557FBF #BF55B4

split-complementary

#BF9555 #55B4BF #6055BF

monochromatic

#70542A #9C753B #BF9555 #D0B181 #E0CCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BF9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9555

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9555	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.096 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b486',
    500: '#bf9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9555;
$custom-light: #d5b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69568,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9555

secondary

#A1B3CE

accent

#86D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9555

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

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