#BFA59D#BFA59D

#BFA59D is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.033 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA59D
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 157)
HSL	hsl(14, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 17.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 8.18, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 11.20, 43.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0259 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.033 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0267, 40.4221, 37.5328)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA59D #9DB7BF

analogous

#BF9DA6 #BFA59D #BFB69D

triadic

#BFA59D #9DBFA5 #A59DBF

tetradic

#BFA59D #A6BF9D #9DB7BF #B69DBF

square

#BFA59D #A6BF9D #9DB7BF #B69DBF

split-complementary

#BFA59D #9DBFB6 #9DA6BF

monochromatic

#886459 #A78378 #BFA59D #D7C7C2 #EFE9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFA59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#BFA59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA59D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA59D	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.033 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfb9',
    500: '#bfa59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa59d;
$custom-light: #d2bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 20.988,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.03273,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA59D

secondary

#D7DFE1

accent

#8A9F46

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA59D

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

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