#BF9940#BF9940

#BF9940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.115 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9940
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 4.49, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 50.85, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0088 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.115 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8044, 34.2311, 9.6763)
Luminance	0.3423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9940 #4066BF

analogous

#BF5940 #BF9940 #A6BF40

triadic

#BF9940 #40BF99 #9940BF

tetradic

#BF9940 #40BF59 #4066BF #BF40A6

square

#BF9940 #40BF59 #4066BF #BF40A6

split-complementary

#BF9940 #40A6BF #5940BF

monochromatic

#635021 #917431 #BF9940 #CEB16E #DECA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BF9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9940

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9940	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.115 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b679',
    500: '#bf9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9940;
$custom-light: #d6b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9940

secondary

#91A2CA

accent

#78D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9940

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

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