#BF983B#BF983B

#BF983B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.119 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF983B
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 4.74, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 52.78, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0088 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.119 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5054, 33.8508, 8.9059)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF983B #3B62BF

analogous

#BF563B #BF983B #A4BF3B

triadic

#BF983B #3BBF98 #983BBF

tetradic

#BF983B #3BBF56 #3B62BF #BF3BA4

square

#BF983B #3BBF56 #3B62BF #BF3BA4

split-complementary

#BF983B #3BA4BF #563BBF

monochromatic

#614E1E #90732D #BF983B #D0B167 #DFC996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF983B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BF983B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF983B

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF983B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF983B	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf983b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.119 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b676',
    500: '#bf983b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf983b;
$custom-light: #d6b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf983b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69871,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF983B

secondary

#8C9ECA

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF983B

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

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