#BF9D3B#BF9D3B

#BF9D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.121 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D3B
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 69.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, 2.03, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 53.96, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.001 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.121 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3341, 35.5082, 9.1822)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D3B #3B5DBF

analogous

#BF5B3B #BF9D3B #9FBF3B

triadic

#BF9D3B #3BBF9D #9D3BBF

tetradic

#BF9D3B #3BBF5B #3B5DBF #BF3B9F

square

#BF9D3B #3BBF5B #3B5DBF #BF3B9F

split-complementary

#BF9D3B #3B9FBF #5B3BBF

monochromatic

#61501E #90772D #BF9D3B #D0B567 #DFCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BF9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D3B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D3B	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)

#AE9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.121 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b976',
    500: '#bf9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d3b;
$custom-light: #d6b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D3B

secondary

#8C9CCA

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D3B

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

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