#BF9D38#BF9D38

#BF9D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D38
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, 1.87, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 55.20, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% 0.0002 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.123 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2585, 35.4779, 8.7841)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D38 #385ABF

analogous

#BF5938 #BF9D38 #9DBF38

triadic

#BF9D38 #38BF9D #9D38BF

tetradic

#BF9D38 #38BF59 #385ABF #BF389D

square

#BF9D38 #38BF59 #385ABF #BF389D

split-complementary

#BF9D38 #389DBF #5938BF

monochromatic

#604F1C #90762A #BF9D38 #D1B563 #DFCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BF9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D38

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D38	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b974',
    500: '#bf9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d38;
$custom-light: #d6b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.889,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70868,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D38

secondary

#8999CA

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D38

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

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