#BFA59E#BFA59E

#BFA59E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.032 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA59E
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(13, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(13, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 8.34, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 10.97, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% 0.0263 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.032 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1124, 40.4564, 37.9843)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA59E #9EB8BF

analogous

#BF9EA7 #BFA59E #BFB59E

triadic

#BFA59E #9EBFA5 #A59EBF

tetradic

#BFA59E #A7BF9E #9EB8BF #B59EBF

square

#BFA59E #A7BF9E #9EB8BF #B59EBF

split-complementary

#BFA59E #9EBFB5 #9EA7BF

monochromatic

#89645A #A78379 #BFA59E #D7C7C3 #F0E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#BFA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA59E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA59E	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.032 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfba',
    500: '#bfa59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa59e;
$custom-light: #d2bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.727,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74276,
    "c": 0.03226,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA59E

secondary

#D7DFE1

accent

#8C9F47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA59E

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

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