#BF9E4E#BF9E4E

#BF9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.106 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E4E
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 2.73, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 45.72, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0054 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.106 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0895, 36.0821, 12.3226)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E4E #4E6FBF

analogous

#BF654E #BF9E4E #A7BF4E

triadic

#BF9E4E #4EBF9E #9E4EBF

tetradic

#BF9E4E #4EBF65 #4E6FBF #BF4EA7

square

#BF9E4E #4EBF65 #4E6FBF #BF4EA7

split-complementary

#BF9E4E #4EA7BF #654EBF

monochromatic

#6C5827 #997C37 #BF9E4E #CFB77B #E0CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BF9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BF9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E4E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E4E	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.106 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba82',
    500: '#bf9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e4e;
$custom-light: #d5ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E4E

secondary

#9CAACD

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E4E

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

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