#BF9737#BF9737

#BF9737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.121 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9737
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 5.07, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 54.23, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0093 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.121 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2440, 33.4876, 8.3265)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9737 #375FBF

analogous

#BF5337 #BF9737 #A3BF37

triadic

#BF9737 #37BF97 #9737BF

tetradic

#BF9737 #37BF53 #375FBF #BF37A3

square

#BF9737 #37BF53 #375FBF #BF37A3

split-complementary

#BF9737 #37A3BF #5337BF

monochromatic

#604C1C #8F7129 #BF9737 #D2B162 #DFC891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BF9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9737

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9737	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.121 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b573',
    500: '#bf9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9737;
$custom-light: #d6b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69633,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9737

secondary

#889BCA

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9737

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

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