#BF8973#BF8973

#BF8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.074 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8973
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 39.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 17.80, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 26.75, 48.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0539 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.074 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5273, 30.2077, 20.2811)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8973 #73A9BF

analogous

#BF7383 #BF8973 #BFAF73

triadic

#BF8973 #73BF89 #8973BF

tetradic

#BF8973 #83BF73 #73A9BF #AF73BF

square

#BF8973 #83BF73 #73A9BF #AF73BF

split-complementary

#BF8973 #73BFAF #7383BF

monochromatic

#7E4D3A #A8674D #BF8973 #D2AC9D #E5D0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BF8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#BF8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8973

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8973	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)

#978F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.074 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9b',
    500: '#bf8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8973;
$custom-light: #d4ab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67767,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8973

secondary

#B8CDD6

accent

#ACCD5B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8973

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

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