#BF9638#BF9638

#BF9638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9638
RGB	rgb(191, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 5.67, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 53.61, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0111 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.12 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1080, 33.1768, 8.4006)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9638 #3861BF

analogous

#BF5238 #BF9638 #A4BF38

triadic

#BF9638 #38BF96 #9638BF

tetradic

#BF9638 #38BF52 #3861BF #BF38A4

square

#BF9638 #38BF52 #3861BF #BF38A4

split-complementary

#BF9638 #38A4BF #5238BF

monochromatic

#604C1C #90712A #BF9638 #D1B063 #DFC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BF9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BF9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9638

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9638	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b474',
    500: '#bf9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9638;
$custom-light: #d6b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69439,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9638

secondary

#899DCA

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9638

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

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