#BFA259#BFA259

#BFA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA259
RGB	rgb(191, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 1.46, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 41.58, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0031 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.099 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2108, 37.6401, 14.8072)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA259 #5976BF

analogous

#BF6F59 #BFA259 #A9BF59

triadic

#BFA259 #59BFA2 #A259BF

tetradic

#BFA259 #59BF6F #5976BF #BF59A9

square

#BFA259 #59BF6F #5976BF #BF59A9

split-complementary

#BFA259 #59A9BF #6F59BF

monochromatic

#725E2C #9E823D #BFA259 #D0BB85 #E1D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BFA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#BFA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA259

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA259	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd8a',
    500: '#bfa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa259;
$custom-light: #d5bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.941,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72262,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA259

secondary

#A4B1CF

accent

#78D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA259

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

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