#BF9956#BF9956

#BF9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.097 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9956
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 6.08, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 40.68, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0162 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.097 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5584, 34.5328, 13.6475)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9956 #567CBF

analogous

#BF6556 #BF9956 #B0BF56

triadic

#BF9956 #56BF99 #9956BF

tetradic

#BF9956 #56BF65 #567CBF #BF56B0

square

#BF9956 #56BF65 #567CBF #BF56B0

split-complementary

#BF9956 #56B0BF #6556BF

monochromatic

#70572A #9D793B #BF9956 #D0B482 #E1CFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BF9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9956

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9956	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.097 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b687',
    500: '#bf9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9956;
$custom-light: #d5b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.286,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70385,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9956

secondary

#A2B2CF

accent

#82D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9956

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

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