#BFA59B#BFA59B

#BFA59B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.034 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA59B
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 155)
HSL	hsl(17, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 7.86, 8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 11.72, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0251 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.034 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8574, 40.3544, 36.6409)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA59B #9BB5BF

analogous

#BF9BA3 #BFA59B #BFB79B

triadic

#BFA59B #9BBFA5 #A59BBF

tetradic

#BFA59B #A3BF9B #9BB5BF #B79BBF

square

#BFA59B #A3BF9B #9BB5BF #B79BBF

split-complementary

#BFA59B #9BBFB7 #9BA3BF

monochromatic

#886557 #A78376 #BFA59B #D7C7C0 #EFE8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BFA59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#BFA59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA59B

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA59B	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.034 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfb8',
    500: '#bfa59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa59b;
$custom-light: #d2bfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.03381,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA59B

secondary

#D5DDE0

accent

#87A045

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA59B

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

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