#BF8977#BF8977

#BF8977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.072 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8977
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(15, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 38%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 37.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 18.27, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 25.53, 44.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0555 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.072 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7625, 30.3017, 21.5197)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8977 #77ADBF

analogous

#BF7789 #BF8977 #BFAD77

triadic

#BF8977 #77BF89 #8977BF

tetradic

#BF8977 #89BF77 #77ADBF #AD77BF

square

#BF8977 #89BF77 #77ADBF #AD77BF

split-complementary

#BF8977 #77BFAD #7789BF

monochromatic

#804D3C #A96650 #BF8977 #D3ADA1 #E6D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BF8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BF8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8977

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8977	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.072 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9e',
    500: '#bf8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8977;
$custom-light: #d4ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67856,
    "c": 0.07166,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8977

secondary

#BBD0D7

accent

#91AF37

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8977

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

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