#BF8972#BF8972

#BF8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.074 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8972
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 17.68, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 27.08, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0535 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.074 44)
XYZ	xyz(33.4701, 30.1848, 19.9797)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8972 #72A8BF

analogous

#BF7282 #BF8972 #BFB072

triadic

#BF8972 #72BF89 #8972BF

tetradic

#BF8972 #82BF72 #72A8BF #B072BF

square

#BF8972 #82BF72 #72A8BF #B072BF

split-complementary

#BF8972 #72BFB0 #7282BF

monochromatic

#7E4D39 #A8674C #BF8972 #D2AC9C #E5CFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BF8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BF8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8972

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8972	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.074 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9a',
    500: '#bf8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8972;
$custom-light: #d4ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.922,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.30183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8972

secondary

#B8CCD5

accent

#ABCE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8972

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

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