#BF9D3E#BF9D3E

#BF9D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D3E
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 67.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 2.20, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 52.69, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0019 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.119 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4142, 35.5402, 9.6038)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D3E #3E60BF

analogous

#BF5D3E #BF9D3E #A1BF3E

triadic

#BF9D3E #3EBF9D #9D3EBF

tetradic

#BF9D3E #3EBF5D #3E60BF #BF3EA1

square

#BF9D3E #3EBF5D #3E60BF #BF3EA1

split-complementary

#BF9D3E #3EA1BF #5D3EBF

monochromatic

#635120 #91772F #BF9D3E #CFB56B #DECC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BF9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D3E

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D3E	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b978',
    500: '#bf9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d3e;
$custom-light: #d6b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.186,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D3E

secondary

#8F9ECA

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D3E

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

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