#BF9F40#BF9F40

#BF9F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9F40
RGB	rgb(191, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 1.24, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 52.34, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0006 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.119 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8112, 36.2448, 10.0119)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9F40 #4060BF

analogous

#BF6040 #BF9F40 #9FBF40

triadic

#BF9F40 #40BF9F #9F40BF

tetradic

#BF9F40 #40BF60 #4060BF #BF409F

square

#BF9F40 #40BF60 #4060BF #BF409F

split-complementary

#BF9F40 #409FBF #6040BF

monochromatic

#635321 #917931 #BF9F40 #CEB66E #DECD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BF9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BF9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9F40

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9F40	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb79',
    500: '#bf9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9f40;
$custom-light: #d6bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9F40

secondary

#919FCA

accent

#71D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9F40

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

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