#BF9879#BF9879

#BF9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.064 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9879
RGB	rgb(191, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 10.24, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 24.14, 64.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0318 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.064 60)
XYZ	xyz(36.1663, 34.9151, 22.9198)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9879 #79A0BF

analogous

#BF797D #BF9879 #BFBB79

triadic

#BF9879 #79BF98 #9879BF

tetradic

#BF9879 #7DBF79 #79A0BF #BB79BF

square

#BF9879 #7DBF79 #79A0BF #BB79BF

split-complementary

#BF9879 #79BFBB #797DBF

monochromatic

#805B3D #AA7851 #BF9879 #D3B8A2 #E7D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BF9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9879

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9879	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.064 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b6a0',
    500: '#bf9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9879;
$custom-light: #d3b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.708,
    "c": 0.06357,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.34913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9879

secondary

#BDCBD7

accent

#7AAE37

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9879

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

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