#BF9972#BF9972

#BF9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.070 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9972
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(30, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 40.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 8.86, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 27.35, 71.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0273 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.07 67)
XYZ	xyz(35.9155, 35.0756, 20.7948)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9972 #7298BF

analogous

#BF7372 #BF9972 #BEBF72

triadic

#BF9972 #72BF99 #9972BF

tetradic

#BF9972 #72BF73 #7298BF #BF72BE

square

#BF9972 #72BF73 #7298BF #BF72BE

split-complementary

#BF9972 #72BEBF #7372BF

monochromatic

#7E5C39 #A87A4C #BF9972 #D2B79C #E5D6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BF9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BF9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9972

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9972	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69B6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.070 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b79b',
    500: '#bf9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9972;
$custom-light: #d4b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.39,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70856,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.35074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9972

secondary

#B8C6D5

accent

#93CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9972

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

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