#BF9E59#BF9E59

#BF9E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.096 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E59
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 3.62, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 40.46, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0094 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.096 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5174, 36.2533, 14.5761)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E59 #597ABF

analogous

#BF6B59 #BF9E59 #ADBF59

triadic

#BF9E59 #59BF9E #9E59BF

tetradic

#BF9E59 #59BF6B #597ABF #BF59AD

square

#BF9E59 #59BF6B #597ABF #BF59AD

split-complementary

#BF9E59 #59ADBF #6B59BF

monochromatic

#725B2C #9E7F3D #BF9E59 #D0B885 #E1D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BF9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E59

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E59	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.096 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba89',
    500: '#bf9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e59;
$custom-light: #d5ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E59

secondary

#A4B2CF

accent

#7DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E59

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

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