#BF9853#BF9853

#BF9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9853
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 6.38, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 41.89, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0167 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.099 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2771, 34.1595, 12.9700)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9853 #537ABF

analogous

#BF6253 #BF9853 #B0BF53

triadic

#BF9853 #53BF98 #9853BF

tetradic

#BF9853 #53BF62 #537ABF #BF53B0

square

#BF9853 #53BF62 #537ABF #BF53B0

split-complementary

#BF9853 #53B0BF #6253BF

monochromatic

#6E5529 #9B783A #BF9853 #D0B380 #E0CDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9853

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9853	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)

#A8984D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b685',
    500: '#bf9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9853;
$custom-light: #d5b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9853

secondary

#A0B0CE

accent

#82D552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9853

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

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