#BF997B#BF997B

#BF997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.062 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF997B
RGB	rgb(191, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(26, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 35.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 9.94, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 23.37, 64.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.031 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.062 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4532, 35.2907, 23.6267)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF997B #7BA1BF

analogous

#BF7B7F #BF997B #BFBB7B

triadic

#BF997B #7BBF99 #997BBF

tetradic

#BF997B #7FBF7B #7BA1BF #BB7BBF

square

#BF997B #7FBF7B #7BA1BF #BB7BBF

split-complementary

#BF997B #7BBFBB #7B7FBF

monochromatic

#815C3F #AA7953 #BF997B #D3B9A4 #E7D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BF997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BF997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF997B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF997B	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA47B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.062 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b7a1',
    500: '#bf997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf997b;
$custom-light: #d3b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.471,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.06174,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF997B

secondary

#BECCD8

accent

#7AAE38

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF997B

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

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