#BF9559#BF9559

#BF9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.093 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9559
RGB	rgb(191, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 8.52, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 38.43, 77.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0238 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.093 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0381, 33.2946, 14.0829)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9559 #5983BF

analogous

#BF6259 #BF9559 #B6BF59

triadic

#BF9559 #59BF95 #9559BF

tetradic

#BF9559 #59BF62 #5983BF #BF59B6

square

#BF9559 #59BF62 #5983BF #BF59B6

split-complementary

#BF9559 #59B6BF #6259BF

monochromatic

#72552C #9E763D #BF9559 #D0B185 #E1CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BF9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BF9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9559

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9559	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.093 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b489',
    500: '#bf9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9559;
$custom-light: #d5b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69626,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9559

secondary

#A4B6CF

accent

#89D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9559

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

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