#BF9657#BF9657

#BF9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.095 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9657
RGB	rgb(191, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 7.80, 38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 39.57, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0214 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.095 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1141, 33.5793, 13.6996)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9657 #5780BF

analogous

#BF6257 #BF9657 #B4BF57

triadic

#BF9657 #57BF96 #9657BF

tetradic

#BF9657 #57BF62 #5780BF #BF57B4

square

#BF9657 #57BF62 #5780BF #BF57B4

split-complementary

#BF9657 #57B4BF #6257BF

monochromatic

#71552B #9D773C #BF9657 #D0B283 #E1CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BF9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BF9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9657

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9657	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.095 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b488',
    500: '#bf9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9657;
$custom-light: #d5b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.346,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69797,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9657

secondary

#A3B4CF

accent

#86D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9657

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

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