#BF9C40#BF9C40

#BF9C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C40
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 2.86, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 51.57, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.004 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.117 88)
XYZ	xyz(34.3016, 35.2255, 9.8420)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C40 #4063BF

analogous

#BF5D40 #BF9C40 #A2BF40

triadic

#BF9C40 #40BF9C #9C40BF

tetradic

#BF9C40 #40BF5D #4063BF #BF40A2

square

#BF9C40 #40BF5D #4063BF #BF40A2

split-complementary

#BF9C40 #40A2BF #5D40BF

monochromatic

#635121 #917731 #BF9C40 #CEB46E #DECC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BF9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C40

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C40	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b879',
    500: '#bf9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c40;
$custom-light: #d6b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.35223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C40

secondary

#91A1CA

accent

#75D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C40

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

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