#BFA157#BFA157

#BFA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA157
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 1.83, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 42.26, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0039 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.1 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9525, 37.2561, 14.3124)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA157 #5775BF

analogous

#BF6D57 #BFA157 #A9BF57

triadic

#BFA157 #57BFA1 #A157BF

tetradic

#BFA157 #57BF6D #5775BF #BF57A9

square

#BFA157 #57BF6D #5775BF #BF57A9

split-complementary

#BFA157 #57A9BF #6D57BF

monochromatic

#715D2B #9D813C #BFA157 #D0BA83 #E1D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BFA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#BFA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA157

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA157	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc88',
    500: '#bfa157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa157;
$custom-light: #d5bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.692,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72029,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA157

secondary

#A3B0CF

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA157

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

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