#BFAA9E#BFAA9E

#BFAA9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.030 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAA9E
RGB	rgb(191, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(22, 20%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 17%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 17.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 5.62, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 10.57, 57.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0185 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.03 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0320, 42.2955, 38.2908)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAA9E #9EB3BF

analogous

#BF9EA2 #BFAA9E #BFBA9E

triadic

#BFAA9E #9EBFAA #AA9EBF

tetradic

#BFAA9E #A2BF9E #9EB3BF #BA9EBF

square

#BFAA9E #A2BF9E #9EB3BF #BA9EBF

split-complementary

#BFAA9E #9EBFBA #9EA2BF

monochromatic

#896B5A #A78A79 #BFAA9E #D7CAC3 #F0EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BFAA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BFAA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAA9E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAA9E	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfaa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.030 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c3ba',
    500: '#bfaa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfaa9e;
$custom-light: #d2c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfaa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 20.497,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75277,
    "c": 0.02981,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAA9E

secondary

#D7DEE1

accent

#7F9F47

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAA9E

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

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