#BF996B#BF996B

#BF996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.077 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF996B
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 44%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 8.09, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 30.61, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0244 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.077 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5322, 34.9223, 18.7762)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF996B #6B91BF

analogous

#BF6F6B #BF996B #BBBF6B

triadic

#BF996B #6BBF99 #996BBF

tetradic

#BF996B #6BBF6F #6B91BF #BF6BBB

square

#BF996B #6BBF6F #6B91BF #BF6BBB

split-complementary

#BF996B #6BBBBF #6F6BBF

monochromatic

#7B5B35 #A57B47 #BF996B #D1B696 #E4D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BF996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF996B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF996B	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)

#A79A68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.077 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b796',
    500: '#bf996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf996b;
$custom-light: #d4b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.857,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF996B

secondary

#B2C1D4

accent

#8ED058

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF996B

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

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