#BF9937#BF9937

#BF9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.122 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9937
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 3.98, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 54.67, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0062 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.122 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5686, 34.1368, 8.4347)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9937 #375DBF

analogous

#BF5537 #BF9937 #A1BF37

triadic

#BF9937 #37BF99 #9937BF

tetradic

#BF9937 #37BF55 #375DBF #BF37A1

square

#BF9937 #37BF55 #375DBF #BF37A1

split-complementary

#BF9937 #37A1BF #5537BF

monochromatic

#604D1C #8F7329 #BF9937 #D2B262 #DFC991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9937

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9937	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)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.122 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b673',
    500: '#bf9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9937;
$custom-light: #d6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9937

secondary

#889ACA

accent

#73DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9937

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

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