#BF8978#BF8978

#BF8978 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.071 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8978
RGB	rgb(191, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(14, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(14, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 18.39, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 25.25, 43.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0559 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.071 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8228, 30.3259, 21.8377)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8978 #78AEBF

analogous

#BF788A #BF8978 #BFAC78

triadic

#BF8978 #78BF89 #8978BF

tetradic

#BF8978 #8ABF78 #78AEBF #AC78BF

square

#BF8978 #8ABF78 #78AEBF #AC78BF

split-complementary

#BF8978 #78BFAC #788ABF

monochromatic

#804D3D #A96650 #BF8978 #D3ADA2 #E6D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#BF8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#BF8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8978

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8978	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)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.071 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ab9f',
    500: '#bf8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8978;
$custom-light: #d4ab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67878,
    "c": 0.07118,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8978

secondary

#BCD0D7

accent

#92AF37

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8978

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

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