#BF9938#BF9938

#BF9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9938
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.04, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 54.26, 85.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0064 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.121 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.5928, 34.1465, 8.5622)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9938 #385EBF

analogous

#BF5538 #BF9938 #A1BF38

triadic

#BF9938 #38BF99 #9938BF

tetradic

#BF9938 #38BF55 #385EBF #BF38A1

square

#BF9938 #38BF55 #385EBF #BF38A1

split-complementary

#BF9938 #38A1BF #5538BF

monochromatic

#604D1C #90732A #BF9938 #D1B263 #DFC992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9938

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9938	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)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b674',
    500: '#bf9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9938;
$custom-light: #d6b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70048,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9938

secondary

#899BCA

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9938

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

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