#BF9859#BF9859

#BF9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.094 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9859
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 6.88, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 39.03, 79.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.019 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.094 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5188, 34.2562, 14.2432)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9859 #5980BF

analogous

#BF6559 #BF9859 #B3BF59

triadic

#BF9859 #59BF98 #9859BF

tetradic

#BF9859 #59BF65 #5980BF #BF59B3

square

#BF9859 #59BF65 #5980BF #BF59B3

split-complementary

#BF9859 #59B3BF #6559BF

monochromatic

#72572C #9E793D #BF9859 #D0B385 #E1CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BF9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BF9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9859

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9859	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.094 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b689',
    500: '#bf9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9859;
$custom-light: #d5b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9859

secondary

#A4B5CF

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9859

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

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