#BF9851#BF9851

#BF9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.101 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9851
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 57.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 6.22, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 42.84, 81.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.016 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.101 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2010, 34.1290, 12.5691)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9851 #5178BF

analogous

#BF6151 #BF9851 #AFBF51

triadic

#BF9851 #51BF98 #9851BF

tetradic

#BF9851 #51BF61 #5178BF #BF51AF

square

#BF9851 #51BF61 #5178BF #BF51AF

split-complementary

#BF9851 #51AFBF #6151BF

monochromatic

#6D5528 #9A7839 #BF9851 #CFB27E #E0CDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9851

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9851	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.101 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b684',
    500: '#bf9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9851;
$custom-light: #d5b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70116,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9851

secondary

#9EAFCE

accent

#81D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9851

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

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