#BF9738#BF9738

#BF9738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9738
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, 5.12, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 53.82, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0096 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.12 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2682, 33.4973, 8.4540)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9738 #3860BF

analogous

#BF5338 #BF9738 #A3BF38

triadic

#BF9738 #38BF97 #9738BF

tetradic

#BF9738 #38BF53 #3860BF #BF38A3

square

#BF9738 #38BF53 #3860BF #BF38A3

split-complementary

#BF9738 #38A3BF #5338BF

monochromatic

#604C1C #90722A #BF9738 #D1B163 #DFC892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BF9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9738

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9738	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)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b574',
    500: '#bf9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9738;
$custom-light: #d6b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9738

secondary

#899CCA

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9738

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

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