#BF9D4E#BF9D4E

#BF9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.106 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D4E
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 3.27, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 45.46, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.007 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.106 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9196, 35.7424, 12.2659)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D4E #4E70BF

analogous

#BF644E #BF9D4E #A8BF4E

triadic

#BF9D4E #4EBF9D #9D4EBF

tetradic

#BF9D4E #4EBF64 #4E70BF #BF4EA8

square

#BF9D4E #4EBF64 #4E70BF #BF4EA8

split-complementary

#BF9D4E #4EA8BF #644EBF

monochromatic

#6C5727 #997B37 #BF9D4E #CFB67B #E0CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BF9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BF9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D4E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D4E	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.106 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b982',
    500: '#bf9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d4e;
$custom-light: #d5b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.947,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D4E

secondary

#9CABCD

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D4E

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

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