#BFAA79#BFAA79

#BFAA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.070 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA79
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 36.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, 0.46, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 28.07, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% 0.0032 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.07 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3126, 41.2077, 23.9685)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA79 #798EBF

analogous

#BF8779 #BFAA79 #B1BF79

triadic

#BFAA79 #79BFAA #AA79BF

tetradic

#BFAA79 #79BF87 #798EBF #BF79B1

square

#BFAA79 #79BF87 #798EBF #BF79B1

split-complementary

#BFAA79 #79B1BF #8779BF

monochromatic

#806C3D #AA8F51 #BFAA79 #D3C4A2 #E7DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BFAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BFAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA79

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA79	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.070 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c3a0',
    500: '#bfaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa79;
$custom-light: #d3c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74439,
    "c": 0.06985,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA79

secondary

#BDC5D7

accent

#5BAE37

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14120E

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA79

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

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