#BFA255#BFA255

#BFA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA255
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 55.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 1.12, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 43.52, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0016 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.102 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0474, 37.5747, 13.9465)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA255 #5572BF

analogous

#BF6D55 #BFA255 #A7BF55

triadic

#BFA255 #55BFA2 #A255BF

tetradic

#BFA255 #55BF6D #5572BF #BF55A7

square

#BFA255 #55BF6D #5572BF #BF55A7

split-complementary

#BFA255 #55A7BF #6D55BF

monochromatic

#705D2A #9C813B #BFA255 #D0BA81 #E0D3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#BFA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#BFA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA255

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA255	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd87',
    500: '#bfa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa255;
$custom-light: #d5bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.585,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA255

secondary

#A1AECE

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA255

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

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