#BF9556#BF9556

#BF9556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.095 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9556
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 8.26, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 39.85, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0227 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.095 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9147, 33.2453, 13.4330)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9556 #5680BF

analogous

#BF6156 #BF9556 #B5BF56

triadic

#BF9556 #56BF95 #9556BF

tetradic

#BF9556 #56BF61 #5680BF #BF56B5

square

#BF9556 #56BF61 #5680BF #BF56B5

split-complementary

#BF9556 #56B5BF #6156BF

monochromatic

#70542A #9D763B #BF9556 #D0B182 #E1CDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF9556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BF9556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9556

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9556	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)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.095 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b487',
    500: '#bf9556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9556;
$custom-light: #d5b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69582,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9556

secondary

#A2B4CF

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9556

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

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