#BF993B#BF993B

#BF993B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF993B
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 4.20, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 53.01, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0073 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6684, 34.1768, 8.9603)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF993B #3B61BF

analogous

#BF573B #BF993B #A3BF3B

triadic

#BF993B #3BBF99 #993BBF

tetradic

#BF993B #3BBF57 #3B61BF #BF3BA3

square

#BF993B #3BBF57 #3B61BF #BF3BA3

split-complementary

#BF993B #3BA3BF #573BBF

monochromatic

#614E1E #90742D #BF993B #D0B267 #DFCA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BF993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF993B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF993B	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)

#AB982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b676',
    500: '#bf993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf993b;
$custom-light: #d6b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.727,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70075,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF993B

secondary

#8C9ECA

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF993B

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

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