#BFA596#BFA596

#BFA596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.037 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA596
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(22, 24%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 21.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 7.10, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 13.33, 57.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.023 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.037 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4461, 40.1899, 34.4751)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA596 #96B0BF

analogous

#BF969C #BFA596 #BFBA96

triadic

#BFA596 #96BFA5 #A596BF

tetradic

#BFA596 #9CBF96 #96B0BF #BA96BF

square

#BFA596 #9CBF96 #96B0BF #BA96BF

split-complementary

#BFA596 #96BFBA #969CBF

monochromatic

#886653 #A88470 #BFA596 #D6C6BC #EDE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#BFA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA596

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA596	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.037 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfb4',
    500: '#bfa596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa596;
$custom-light: #d2bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.951,
    "s": 24.26,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.03725,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA596

secondary

#D2DADF

accent

#80A343

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA596

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

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