#BF996E#BF996E

#BF996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.074 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF996E
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(32, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 42.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 8.41, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 29.20, 73.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0257 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.074 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6928, 34.9865, 19.6219)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF996E #6E94BF

analogous

#BF716E #BF996E #BDBF6E

triadic

#BF996E #6EBF99 #996EBF

tetradic

#BF996E #6EBF71 #6E94BF #BF6EBD

square

#BF996E #6EBF71 #6E94BF #BF6EBD

split-complementary

#BF996E #6EBDBF #716EBF

monochromatic

#7C5B37 #A67B49 #BF996E #D2B798 #E4D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BF996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BF996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF996E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF996E	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.074 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b798',
    500: '#bf996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf996e;
$custom-light: #d4b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.852,
    "s": 38.756,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.07374,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF996E

secondary

#B5C3D4

accent

#90CF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF996E

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

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