#BF9740#BF9740

#BF9740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.115 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9740
RGB	rgb(191, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 5.58, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 50.41, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% 0.0119 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.115 84)
XYZ	xyz(33.4798, 33.5819, 9.5681)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9740 #4068BF

analogous

#BF5740 #BF9740 #A8BF40

triadic

#BF9740 #40BF97 #9740BF

tetradic

#BF9740 #40BF57 #4068BF #BF40A8

square

#BF9740 #40BF57 #4068BF #BF40A8

split-complementary

#BF9740 #40A8BF #5740BF

monochromatic

#634F21 #917331 #BF9740 #CEB06E #DEC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BF9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BF9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9740

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9740	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)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.115 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b579',
    500: '#bf9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9740;
$custom-light: #d6b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.102,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69716,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.3358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9740

secondary

#91A3CA

accent

#7AD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9740

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

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