#BF8970#BF8970

#BF8970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.076 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8970
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(19, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 41.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, 17.45, 21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 27.75, 51.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0526 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.076 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3575, 30.1397, 19.3867)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8970 #70A6BF

analogous

#BF707F #BF8970 #BFB070

triadic

#BF8970 #70BF89 #8970BF

tetradic

#BF8970 #7FBF70 #70A6BF #B070BF

square

#BF8970 #7FBF70 #70A6BF #B070BF

split-complementary

#BF8970 #70BFB0 #707FBF

monochromatic

#7D4E38 #A7684B #BF8970 #D2AC9A #E5CFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#BF8970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#BF8970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8970

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8970	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.076 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab99',
    500: '#bf8970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8970;
$custom-light: #d4ab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.987,
    "s": 38.164,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67702,
    "c": 0.07553,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8970

secondary

#B6CBD5

accent

#A9CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8970

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

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