#BF9E5E#BF9E5E

#BF9E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.091 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BF9E5E
RGB	rgb(191, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 50.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 4.07, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 38.02, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0113 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.091 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7345, 36.3401, 15.7196)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BF9E5E #5E7FBF

analogous

#BF6D5E #BF9E5E #AFBF5E

triadic

#BF9E5E #5EBF9E #9E5EBF

tetradic

#BF9E5E #5EBF6D #5E7FBF #BF5EAF

square

#BF9E5E #5EBF6D #5E7FBF #BF5EAF

split-complementary

#BF9E5E #5EAFBF #6D5EBF

monochromatic

#745D2E #A07F40 #BF9E5E #D0B88A #E2D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BF9E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#BF9E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BF9E5E

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BF9E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BF9E5E	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bf9e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.091 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba8d',
    500: '#bf9e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bf9e5e;
$custom-light: #d4ba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bf9e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.588,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71516,
    "c": 0.09136,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BF9E5E

secondary

#A8B6D0

accent

#80D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BF9E5E

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

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