#BF9856#BF9856

#BF9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9856
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 6.62, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 40.46, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0178 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.096 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3954, 34.2068, 13.5932)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9856 #567DBF

analogous

#BF6456 #BF9856 #B2BF56

triadic

#BF9856 #56BF98 #9856BF

tetradic

#BF9856 #56BF64 #567DBF #BF56B2

square

#BF9856 #56BF64 #567DBF #BF56B2

split-complementary

#BF9856 #56B2BF #6456BF

monochromatic

#70562A #9D783B #BF9856 #D0B382 #E1CEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BF9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9856

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9856	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)

#A89850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b687',
    500: '#bf9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9856;
$custom-light: #d5b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70184,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9856

secondary

#A2B3CF

accent

#83D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9856

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

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