#BFA559#BFA559

#BFA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA559
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -0.15, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 42.50, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0016 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.101 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7456, 38.7097, 14.9854)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA559 #5973BF

analogous

#BF7259 #BFA559 #A6BF59

triadic

#BFA559 #59BFA5 #A559BF

tetradic

#BFA559 #59BF72 #5973BF #BF59A6

square

#BFA559 #59BF72 #5973BF #BF59A6

split-complementary

#BFA559 #59A6BF #7259BF

monochromatic

#72602C #9E853D #BFA559 #D0BD85 #E1D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#BFA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#BFA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA559

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA559	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bf8a',
    500: '#bfa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa559;
$custom-light: #d5bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA559

secondary

#A4AFCF

accent

#74D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA559

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

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