#BFA59F#BFA59F

#BFA59F is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.032 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA59F
RGB	rgb(191, 165, 159)
HSL	hsl(11, 20%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(11, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 16.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 8.50, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 10.76, 37.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0267 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.032 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1989, 40.4910, 38.4395)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA59F #9FB9BF

analogous

#BF9FA9 #BFA59F #BFB59F

triadic

#BFA59F #9FBFA5 #A59FBF

tetradic

#BFA59F #A9BF9F #9FB9BF #B59FBF

square

#BFA59F #A9BF9F #9FB9BF #B59FBF

split-complementary

#BFA59F #9FBFB5 #9FA9BF

monochromatic

#89645B #A7837A #BFA59F #D7C7C4 #F0EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#BFA59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#BFA59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA59F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA59F	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 165, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.032 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bfbb',
    500: '#bfa59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa59f;
$custom-light: #d2bfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.03184,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA59F

secondary

#D8E0E2

accent

#8E9E47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA59F

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

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