#BF9959#BF9959

#BF9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.094 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9959
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 53.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 6.34, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 39.24, 80.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0174 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.094 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6818, 34.5821, 14.2975)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9959 #597FBF

analogous

#BF6659 #BF9959 #B2BF59

triadic

#BF9959 #59BF99 #9959BF

tetradic

#BF9959 #59BF66 #597FBF #BF59B2

square

#BF9959 #59BF66 #597FBF #BF59B2

split-complementary

#BF9959 #59B2BF #6659BF

monochromatic

#72582C #9E7A3D #BF9959 #D0B485 #E1CFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BF9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BF9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9959

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9959	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.094 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b689',
    500: '#bf9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9959;
$custom-light: #d5b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70428,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9959

secondary

#A4B4CF

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9959

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

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