#BF8959#BF8959

#BF8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.092 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8959
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(28, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, 15.13, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 36.98, 65.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0434 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.092 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2364, 29.6913, 13.4824)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8959 #598FBF

analogous

#BF595C #BF8959 #BFBC59

triadic

#BF8959 #59BF89 #8959BF

tetradic

#BF8959 #5CBF59 #598FBF #BC59BF

square

#BF8959 #5CBF59 #598FBF #BC59BF

split-complementary

#BF8959 #59BFBC #595CBF

monochromatic

#724D2C #9E6B3D #BF8959 #D0A885 #E1C8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BF8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#BF8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8959

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8959	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.092 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ab89',
    500: '#bf8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8959;
$custom-light: #d5ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67275,
    "c": 0.09204,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8959

secondary

#A4BBCF

accent

#98D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8959

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

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