#BF9838#BF9838

#BF9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9838
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 4.58, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 54.04, 85.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.008 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.121 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4298, 33.8206, 8.5079)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9838 #385FBF

analogous

#BF5538 #BF9838 #A2BF38

triadic

#BF9838 #38BF98 #9838BF

tetradic

#BF9838 #38BF55 #385FBF #BF38A2

square

#BF9838 #38BF55 #385FBF #BF38A2

split-complementary

#BF9838 #38A2BF #5538BF

monochromatic

#604D1C #90722A #BF9838 #D1B163 #DFC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BF9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9838

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9838	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b674',
    500: '#bf9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9838;
$custom-light: #d6b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69844,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9838

secondary

#899CCA

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9838

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

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