#BFA159#BFA159

#BFA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA159
RGB	rgb(191, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 2.00, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 41.29, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0047 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.098 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0354, 37.2892, 14.7487)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA159 #5977BF

analogous

#BF6E59 #BFA159 #AABF59

triadic

#BFA159 #59BFA1 #A159BF

tetradic

#BFA159 #59BF6E #5977BF #BF59AA

square

#BFA159 #59BF6E #5977BF #BF59AA

split-complementary

#BFA159 #59AABF #6E59BF

monochromatic

#725D2C #9E813D #BFA159 #D0BA85 #E1D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#BFA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#BFA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA159

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA159	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bc89',
    500: '#bfa159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa159;
$custom-light: #d5bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72057,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA159

secondary

#A4B1CF

accent

#79D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA159

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

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