#BF973B#BF973B

#BF973B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.118 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF973B
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.59, 5.29, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.59, 52.57, 84.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0104 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.118 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3438, 33.5276, 8.8521)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF973B #3B63BF

analogous

#BF553B #BF973B #A5BF3B

triadic

#BF973B #3BBF97 #973BBF

tetradic

#BF973B #3BBF55 #3B63BF #BF3BA5

square

#BF973B #3BBF55 #3B63BF #BF3BA5

split-complementary

#BF973B #3BA5BF #553BBF

monochromatic

#614D1E #90722D #BF973B #D0B067 #DFC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BF973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BF973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF973B

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF973B	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)

#A99730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.118 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b576',
    500: '#bf973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf973b;
$custom-light: #d6b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69668,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF973B

secondary

#8C9FCA

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF973B

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

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