#BF856F#BF856F

#BF856F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.079 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF856F
RGB	rgb(191, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 41.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 19.55, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 28.55, 46.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0589 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.079 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7440, 29.0014, 18.9091)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF856F #6FA9BF

analogous

#BF6F81 #BF856F #BFAD6F

triadic

#BF856F #6FBF85 #856FBF

tetradic

#BF856F #81BF6F #6FA9BF #AD6FBF

square

#BF856F #81BF6F #6FA9BF #AD6FBF

split-complementary

#BF856F #6FBFAD #6F81BF

monochromatic

#7C4A37 #A7644A #BF856F #D2A999 #E5CDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#BF856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#BF856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF856F

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF856F	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)

#938B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1976F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.079 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a898',
    500: '#bf856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf856f;
$custom-light: #d4a898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.5,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66927,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF856F

secondary

#B5CCD5

accent

#AECE59

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#140F0D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF856F

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

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