#BF8779#BF8779

#BF8779 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.072 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8779
RGB	rgb(191, 135, 121)
HSL	hsl(12, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 19.62, 16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 25.38, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.0597 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.072 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6022, 29.7869, 22.0651)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8779 #79B1BF

analogous

#BF798E #BF8779 #BFAA79

triadic

#BF8779 #79BF87 #8779BF

tetradic

#BF8779 #8EBF79 #79B1BF #AA79BF

square

#BF8779 #8EBF79 #79B1BF #AA79BF

split-complementary

#BF8779 #79BFAA #798EBF

monochromatic

#804B3D #AA6351 #BF8779 #D3ACA2 #E7D1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BF8779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BF8779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8779

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8779	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 135, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.072 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4aa9f',
    500: '#bf8779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8779;
$custom-light: #d4aa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67526,
    "c": 0.07243,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8779

secondary

#BDD2D7

accent

#96AE37

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8779

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

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