#BF9855#BF9855

#BF9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9855
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 6.54, 40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 40.94, 80.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0175 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.097 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3554, 34.1908, 13.3825)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9855 #557CBF

analogous

#BF6355 #BF9855 #B1BF55

triadic

#BF9855 #55BF98 #9855BF

tetradic

#BF9855 #55BF63 #557CBF #BF55B1

square

#BF9855 #55BF63 #557CBF #BF55B1

split-complementary

#BF9855 #55B1BF #6355BF

monochromatic

#70562A #9C783B #BF9855 #D0B381 #E0CEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BF9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9855

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9855	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b686',
    500: '#bf9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9855;
$custom-light: #d5b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7017,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9855

secondary

#A1B2CE

accent

#83D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9855

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

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