#BF9D40#BF9D40

#BF9D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D40
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 2.32, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 51.82, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0025 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.117 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4701, 35.5625, 9.8982)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D40 #4062BF

analogous

#BF5D40 #BF9D40 #A2BF40

triadic

#BF9D40 #40BF9D #9D40BF

tetradic

#BF9D40 #40BF5D #4062BF #BF40A2

square

#BF9D40 #40BF5D #4062BF #BF40A2

split-complementary

#BF9D40 #40A2BF #5D40BF

monochromatic

#635221 #917731 #BF9D40 #CEB56E #DECC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BF9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BF9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D40

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D40	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)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b979',
    500: '#bf9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d40;
$custom-light: #d6b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D40

secondary

#91A0CA

accent

#74D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D40

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

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