#BF8A79#BF8A79

#BF8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.070 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF8A79
RGB	rgb(191, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, 17.96, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 24.80, 43.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0547 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.07 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0267, 30.6359, 22.2066)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF8A79 #79AEBF

analogous

#BF798B #BF8A79 #BFAD79

triadic

#BF8A79 #79BF8A #8A79BF

tetradic

#BF8A79 #8BBF79 #79AEBF #AD79BF

square

#BF8A79 #8BBF79 #79AEBF #AD79BF

split-complementary

#BF8A79 #79BFAD #798BBF

monochromatic

#804E3D #AA6751 #BF8A79 #D3AEA2 #E7D2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#BF8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#BF8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF8A79

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF8A79	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.070 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ac9f',
    500: '#bf8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf8a79;
$custom-light: #d4ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6809,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF8A79

secondary

#BDD1D7

accent

#91AE37

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF8A79

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

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