#BFA89C#BFA89C

#BFA89C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.032 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA89C
RGB	rgb(191, 168, 156)
HSL	hsl(21, 21%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 18.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, 6.39, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 11.25, 55.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.0208 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.032 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4892, 41.4830, 37.2675)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA89C #9CB3BF

analogous

#BF9CA1 #BFA89C #BFB99C

triadic

#BFA89C #9CBFA8 #A89CBF

tetradic

#BFA89C #A1BF9C #9CB3BF #B99CBF

square

#BFA89C #A1BF9C #9CB3BF #B99CBF

split-complementary

#BFA89C #9CBFB9 #9CA1BF

monochromatic

#886958 #A78777 #BFA89C #D7C9C1 #EFE9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BFA89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BFA89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA89C

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA89C	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 168, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.032 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c1b9',
    500: '#bfa89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa89c;
$custom-light: #d2c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.571,
    "s": 21.472,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74823,
    "c": 0.03186,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA89C

secondary

#D6DDE1

accent

#81A046

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA89C

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

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