#BF9D57#BF9D57

#BF9D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9D57
RGB	rgb(191, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 3.99, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 41.17, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0102 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.098 84)
XYZ	xyz(35.2647, 35.8804, 14.0831)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9D57 #5779BF

analogous

#BF6957 #BF9D57 #ADBF57

triadic

#BF9D57 #57BF9D #9D57BF

tetradic

#BF9D57 #57BF69 #5779BF #BF57AD

square

#BF9D57 #57BF69 #5779BF #BF57AD

split-complementary

#BF9D57 #57ADBF #6957BF

monochromatic

#715A2B #9D7D3C #BF9D57 #D0B783 #E1D1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BF9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9D57

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9D57	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b988',
    500: '#bf9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9d57;
$custom-light: #d5b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9D57

secondary

#A3B1CF

accent

#7ED553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9D57

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

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