#BF9E53#BF9E53

#BF9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.102 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E53
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 56.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 3.12, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 43.35, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% 0.0072 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.102 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2756, 36.1566, 13.3028)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E53 #5374BF

analogous

#BF6853 #BF9E53 #AABF53

triadic

#BF9E53 #53BF9E #9E53BF

tetradic

#BF9E53 #53BF68 #5374BF #BF53AA

square

#BF9E53 #53BF68 #5374BF #BF53AA

split-complementary

#BF9E53 #53AABF #6853BF

monochromatic

#6E5929 #9B7D3A #BF9E53 #D0B780 #E0D0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#BF9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E53

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E53	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.102 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba85',
    500: '#bf9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e53;
$custom-light: #d5ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71361,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E53

secondary

#A0AECE

accent

#7AD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E53

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →