#BF9C8A#BF9C8A

#BF9C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.049 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9C8A
RGB	rgb(191, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(20, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 28%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 27.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 10.27, 14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 17.62, 54.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0324 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.049 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9623, 36.6899, 29.1220)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9C8A #8AADBF

analogous

#BF8A93 #BF9C8A #BFB78A

triadic

#BF9C8A #8ABF9C #9C8ABF

tetradic

#BF9C8A #93BF8A #8AADBF #B78ABF

square

#BF9C8A #93BF8A #8AADBF #B78ABF

split-complementary

#BF9C8A #8ABFB7 #8A93BF

monochromatic

#865E49 #A97B62 #BF9C8A #D5BDB2 #EADFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#BF9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#BF9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9C8A

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9C8A	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59F89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C99697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.049 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b9ac',
    500: '#bf9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9c8a;
$custom-light: #d3b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.377,
    "s": 29.282,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71977,
    "c": 0.04907,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9C8A

secondary

#C9D5DC

accent

#84A83E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FAF6F4

border

#D3D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9C8A

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

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