#BF9836#BF9836

#BF9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.122 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9836
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 4.48, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 54.85, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0075 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.122 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3819, 33.8014, 8.2554)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9836 #365DBF

analogous

#BF5436 #BF9836 #A1BF36

triadic

#BF9836 #36BF98 #9836BF

tetradic

#BF9836 #36BF54 #365DBF #BF36A1

square

#BF9836 #36BF54 #365DBF #BF36A1

split-complementary

#BF9836 #36A1BF #5436BF

monochromatic

#604C1B #8F7229 #BF9836 #D2B260 #E0C990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BF9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BF9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9836

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9836	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.122 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#bf9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9836;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.92,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69828,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9836

secondary

#879ACA

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9836

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

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