#BF983E#BF983E

#BF983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.116 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF983E
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 4.91, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 51.50, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0097 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.116 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5855, 33.8828, 9.3276)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF983E #3E65BF

analogous

#BF573E #BF983E #A6BF3E

triadic

#BF983E #3EBF98 #983EBF

tetradic

#BF983E #3EBF57 #3E65BF #BF3EA6

square

#BF983E #3EBF57 #3E65BF #BF3EA6

split-complementary

#BF983E #3EA6BF #573EBF

monochromatic

#634E20 #91732F #BF983E #CFB16B #DEC999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BF983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF983E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF983E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9733

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.116 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b678',
    500: '#bf983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf983e;
$custom-light: #d6b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69899,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF983E

secondary

#8FA1CA

accent

#78DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF983E

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

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