#BF9842#BF9842

#BF9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.113 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9842
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 5.16, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 49.74, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0109 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.113 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6993, 33.9283, 9.9271)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9842 #4269BF

analogous

#BF5942 #BF9842 #A7BF42

triadic

#BF9842 #42BF98 #9842BF

tetradic

#BF9842 #42BF59 #4269BF #BF42A7

square

#BF9842 #42BF59 #4269BF #BF42A7

split-complementary

#BF9842 #42A7BF #5942BF

monochromatic

#655022 #927432 #BF9842 #CEB170 #DECA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BF9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BF9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9842

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9842	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.113 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b67a',
    500: '#bf9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9842;
$custom-light: #d6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.28,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9842

secondary

#93A4CA

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9842

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →