#BFA978#BFA978

#BFA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.070 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFA978
RGB	rgb(191, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(41, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 37.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 0.88, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 28.25, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% 0.0043 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.07 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0648, 40.8098, 23.5850)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFA978 #788EBF

analogous

#BF8578 #BFA978 #B1BF78

triadic

#BFA978 #78BFA9 #A978BF

tetradic

#BFA978 #78BF85 #788EBF #BF78B1

square

#BFA978 #78BF85 #788EBF #BF78B1

split-complementary

#BFA978 #78B1BF #8578BF

monochromatic

#806B3D #A98E50 #BFA978 #D3C3A2 #E6DECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BFA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFA978

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFA978	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.070 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c29f',
    500: '#bfa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfa978;
$custom-light: #d3c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74214,
    "c": 0.07027,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFA978

secondary

#BCC4D7

accent

#5CAF37

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFA978

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

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