#BF9557#BF9557

#BF9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9557
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, 8.35, 38.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 39.38, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.023 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.094 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9552, 33.2615, 13.6466)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9557 #5781BF

analogous

#BF6157 #BF9557 #B5BF57

triadic

#BF9557 #57BF95 #9557BF

tetradic

#BF9557 #57BF61 #5781BF #BF57B5

square

#BF9557 #57BF61 #5781BF #BF57B5

split-complementary

#BF9557 #57B5BF #6157BF

monochromatic

#71552B #9D763C #BF9557 #D0B183 #E1CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BF9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BF9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9557

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9557	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b488',
    500: '#bf9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9557;
$custom-light: #d5b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69597,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9557

secondary

#A3B5CF

accent

#87D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9557

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

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