#BF9837#BF9837

#BF9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9837
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 4.53, 54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 54.45, 85.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0077 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4056, 33.8109, 8.3804)
Luminance	0.3381 (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

#BF9837 #375EBF

analogous

#BF5437 #BF9837 #A2BF37

triadic

#BF9837 #37BF98 #9837BF

tetradic

#BF9837 #37BF54 #375EBF #BF37A2

square

#BF9837 #37BF54 #375EBF #BF37A2

split-complementary

#BF9837 #37A2BF #5437BF

monochromatic

#604C1C #8F7229 #BF9837 #D2B262 #DFC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BF9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BF9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9837

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9837	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)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#bf9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9837;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69836,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9837

secondary

#889BCA

accent

#74DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9837

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

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