#BF9957#BF9957

#BF9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.096 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9957
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 6.16, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 40.20, 81.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0166 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.096 80)
XYZ	xyz(34.5990, 34.5490, 13.8612)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9957 #577DBF

analogous

#BF6557 #BF9957 #B1BF57

triadic

#BF9957 #57BF99 #9957BF

tetradic

#BF9957 #57BF65 #577DBF #BF57B1

square

#BF9957 #57BF65 #577DBF #BF57B1

split-complementary

#BF9957 #57B1BF #6557BF

monochromatic

#71572B #9D793C #BF9957 #D0B483 #E1CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BF9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BF9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9957

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9957	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)

#A99951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.096 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b688',
    500: '#bf9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9957;
$custom-light: #d5b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.077,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.34547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9957

secondary

#A3B3CF

accent

#82D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9957

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

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