#BF9D55#BF9D55

#BF9D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D55
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 3.82, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 42.13, 84.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0095 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.1 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1841, 35.8481, 13.6587)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D55 #5577BF

analogous

#BF6855 #BF9D55 #ACBF55

triadic

#BF9D55 #55BF9D #9D55BF

tetradic

#BF9D55 #55BF68 #5577BF #BF55AC

square

#BF9D55 #55BF68 #5577BF #BF55AC

split-complementary

#BF9D55 #55ACBF #6855BF

monochromatic

#70592A #9C7D3B #BF9D55 #D0B781 #E0D0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BF9D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D55

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D55	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b987',
    500: '#bf9d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d55;
$custom-light: #d5b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71183,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D55

secondary

#A1B0CE

accent

#7DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D55

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

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