#BF9B40#BF9B40

#BF9B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9B40
RGB	rgb(191, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, 3.40, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 51.33, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0056 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.116 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1345, 34.8913, 9.7863)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9B40 #4064BF

analogous

#BF5B40 #BF9B40 #A4BF40

triadic

#BF9B40 #40BF9B #9B40BF

tetradic

#BF9B40 #40BF5B #4064BF #BF40A4

square

#BF9B40 #40BF5B #4064BF #BF40A4

split-complementary

#BF9B40 #40A4BF #5B40BF

monochromatic

#635121 #917631 #BF9B40 #CEB36E #DECB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BF9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9B40

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9B40	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b879',
    500: '#bf9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9b40;
$custom-light: #d6b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7053,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9B40

secondary

#91A1CA

accent

#76D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9B40

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

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