#BF9659#BF9659

#BF9659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.093 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9659
RGB	rgb(191, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 7.97, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 38.62, 78.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0222 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.093 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1970, 33.6124, 14.1359)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9659 #5982BF

analogous

#BF6359 #BF9659 #B5BF59

triadic

#BF9659 #59BF96 #9659BF

tetradic

#BF9659 #59BF63 #5982BF #BF59B5

square

#BF9659 #59BF63 #5982BF #BF59B5

split-complementary

#BF9659 #59B5BF #6359BF

monochromatic

#72562C #9E773D #BF9659 #D0B285 #E1CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BF9659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BF9659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9659

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9659	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)

#A69754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.093 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b489',
    500: '#bf9659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9659;
$custom-light: #d5b489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69826,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9659

secondary

#A4B6CF

accent

#87D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9659

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

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