#BF9840#BF9840

#BF9840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9840
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 5.03, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 50.63, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0103 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.115 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6414, 33.9052, 9.6219)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9840 #4067BF

analogous

#BF5940 #BF9840 #A6BF40

triadic

#BF9840 #40BF98 #9840BF

tetradic

#BF9840 #40BF59 #4067BF #BF40A6

square

#BF9840 #40BF59 #4067BF #BF40A6

split-complementary

#BF9840 #40A6BF #5940BF

monochromatic

#634F21 #917431 #BF9840 #CEB16E #DEC99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BF9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9840

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9840	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)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b679',
    500: '#bf9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9840;
$custom-light: #d6b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9840

secondary

#91A2CA

accent

#79D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9840

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

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