#BF9D56#BF9D56

#BF9D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.099 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D56
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 55%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 3.90, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 41.65, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0099 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.099 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2241, 35.8641, 13.8694)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D56 #5678BF

analogous

#BF6956 #BF9D56 #ADBF56

triadic

#BF9D56 #56BF9D #9D56BF

tetradic

#BF9D56 #56BF69 #5678BF #BF56AD

square

#BF9D56 #56BF69 #5678BF #BF56AD

split-complementary

#BF9D56 #56ADBF #6956BF

monochromatic

#705A2A #9D7D3B #BF9D56 #D0B782 #E1D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BF9D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D56

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D56	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)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.099 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b987',
    500: '#bf9d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d56;
$custom-light: #d5b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71197,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D56

secondary

#A2B1CF

accent

#7DD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D56

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

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