#BF9939#BF9939

#BF9939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9939
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 70.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 4.09, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 53.84, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0067 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.12 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6175, 34.1564, 8.6923)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9939 #395FBF

analogous

#BF5639 #BF9939 #A2BF39

triadic

#BF9939 #39BF99 #9939BF

tetradic

#BF9939 #39BF56 #395FBF #BF39A2

square

#BF9939 #39BF56 #395FBF #BF39A2

split-complementary

#BF9939 #39A2BF #5639BF

monochromatic

#614D1D #90732B #BF9939 #D1B264 #DFCA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9939

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9939	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)

#AB982C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b675',
    500: '#bf9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9939;
$custom-light: #d6b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70057,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9939

secondary

#8A9CCA

accent

#74DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9939

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

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