#BF856E#BF856E

#BF856E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.079 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF856E
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(17, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 19.44, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 28.86, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0585 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.079 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6893, 28.9795, 18.6207)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF856E #6EA8BF

analogous

#BF6E80 #BF856E #BFAE6E

triadic

#BF856E #6EBF85 #856EBF

tetradic

#BF856E #80BF6E #6EA8BF #AE6EBF

square

#BF856E #80BF6E #6EA8BF #AE6EBF

split-complementary

#BF856E #6EBFAE #6E80BF

monochromatic

#7C4A37 #A66449 #BF856E #D2A998 #E4CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BF856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BF856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF856E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF856E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.079 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a897',
    500: '#bf856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf856e;
$custom-light: #d4a897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.037,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66906,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF856E

secondary

#B5CBD4

accent

#ADCF59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF856E

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

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