#BF8974#BF8974

#BF8974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.073 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8974
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 39.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 17.91, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 26.44, 47.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0543 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.073 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5852, 30.2308, 20.5858)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8974 #74AABF

analogous

#BF7484 #BF8974 #BFAE74

triadic

#BF8974 #74BF89 #8974BF

tetradic

#BF8974 #84BF74 #74AABF #AE74BF

square

#BF8974 #84BF74 #74AABF #AE74BF

split-complementary

#BF8974 #74BFAE #7484BF

monochromatic

#7E4D3A #A8674D #BF8974 #D2AD9E #E6D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#BF8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#BF8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8974

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8974	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.073 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9c',
    500: '#bf8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8974;
$custom-light: #d4ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 36.946,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67788,
    "c": 0.07322,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8974

secondary

#B9CED6

accent

#8EB036

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8974

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

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