#BFA599#BFA599

#BFA599 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.035 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA599
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(19, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 7.55, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 12.31, 52.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.0242 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.035 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6908, 40.2877, 35.7637)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA599 #99B3BF

analogous

#BF99A0 #BFA599 #BFB899

triadic

#BFA599 #99BFA5 #A599BF

tetradic

#BFA599 #A0BF99 #99B3BF #B899BF

square

#BFA599 #A0BF99 #99B3BF #B899BF

split-complementary

#BFA599 #99BFB8 #99A0BF

monochromatic

#886555 #A78473 #BFA599 #D7C6BF #EEE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#BFA599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA599

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA599	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.035 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfb7',
    500: '#bfa599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa599;
$custom-light: #d2bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74143,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA599

secondary

#D4DCE0

accent

#84A144

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA599

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

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