#BF9942#BF9942

#BF9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.114 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9942
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 65.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 4.61, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 49.97, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0094 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.114 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8623, 34.2543, 9.9814)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9942 #4268BF

analogous

#BF5A42 #BF9942 #A6BF42

triadic

#BF9942 #42BF99 #9942BF

tetradic

#BF9942 #42BF5A #4268BF #BF42A6

square

#BF9942 #42BF5A #4268BF #BF42A6

split-complementary

#BF9942 #42A6BF #5A42BF

monochromatic

#655022 #927532 #BF9942 #CEB270 #DECA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BF9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BF9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9942

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9942	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)

#AA9838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.114 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b67a',
    500: '#bf9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9942;
$custom-light: #d6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9942

secondary

#93A3CA

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9942

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

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