#BFA257#BFA257

#BFA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.101 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA257
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 54.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 1.29, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 42.55, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0024 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.101 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1280, 37.6070, 14.3709)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA257 #5774BF

analogous

#BF6E57 #BFA257 #A8BF57

triadic

#BFA257 #57BFA2 #A257BF

tetradic

#BFA257 #57BF6E #5774BF #BF57A8

square

#BFA257 #57BF6E #5774BF #BF57A8

split-complementary

#BFA257 #57A8BF #6E57BF

monochromatic

#715D2B #9D823C #BFA257 #D0BB83 #E1D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BFA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#BFA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA257

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA257	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.101 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd88',
    500: '#bfa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa257;
$custom-light: #d5bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.269,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72235,
    "c": 0.10053,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA257

secondary

#A3AFCF

accent

#77D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA257

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

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