#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
RGBrgb(191, 157, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSVhsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(66.12, 1.87, 55.17)
CIE-LCHlch(66.12, 55.20, 88.06°)
OKLaboklab(70.87% 0.0002 0.1233)
OKLCHoklch(70.87% 0.123 89.9)
XYZxyz(34.2585, 35.4779, 8.7841)
Luminance0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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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
##BF9D381.002.598.108.10
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1021.001.001.00
##0000008.1021.001.001.00

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

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#BF9D38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva