#BF856D#BF856D

#BF856D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.080 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF856D
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 42.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 19.33, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 29.19, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% 0.058 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.08 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6351, 28.9578, 18.3356)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF856D #6DA7BF

analogous

#BF6D7E #BF856D #BFAE6D

triadic

#BF856D #6DBF85 #856DBF

tetradic

#BF856D #7EBF6D #6DA7BF #AE6DBF

square

#BF856D #7EBF6D #6DA7BF #AE6DBF

split-complementary

#BF856D #6DBFAE #6D7EBF

monochromatic

#7B4A36 #A66449 #BF856D #D2A998 #E4CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BF856D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#BF856D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF856D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF856D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF856D	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf856d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.080 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a897',
    500: '#bf856d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf856d;
$custom-light: #d4a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf856d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.561,
    "s": 39.048,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66885,
    "c": 0.07982,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF856D

secondary

#B4CBD4

accent

#ACCF59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF856D

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

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