#BF9E40#BF9E40

#BF9E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E40
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 1.78, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 52.08, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0009 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.118 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6399, 35.9023, 9.9548)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E40 #4061BF

analogous

#BF5E40 #BF9E40 #A1BF40

triadic

#BF9E40 #40BF9E #9E40BF

tetradic

#BF9E40 #40BF5E #4061BF #BF40A1

square

#BF9E40 #40BF5E #4061BF #BF40A1

split-complementary

#BF9E40 #40A1BF #5E40BF

monochromatic

#635221 #917831 #BF9E40 #CEB56E #DECD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BF9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BF9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E40

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E40	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)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba79',
    500: '#bf9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e40;
$custom-light: #d6ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E40

secondary

#91A0CA

accent

#73D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E40

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

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