#BFAE8B#BFAE8B

#BFAE8B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.052 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE8B
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 139)
HSL	hsl(40, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 27.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 0.64, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 20.23, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0044 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.052 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2824, 43.2137, 30.5875)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE8B #8B9CBF

analogous

#BF948B #BFAE8B #B6BF8B

triadic

#BFAE8B #8BBFAE #AE8BBF

tetradic

#BFAE8B #8BBF94 #8B9CBF #BF8BB6

square

#BFAE8B #8BBF94 #8B9CBF #BF8BB6

split-complementary

#BFAE8B #8BB6BF #948BBF

monochromatic

#86724A #A99264 #BFAE8B #D5CAB2 #EBE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BFAE8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#BFAE8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE8B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE8B	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.052 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c6ad',
    500: '#bfae8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae8b;
$custom-light: #d3c6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.05157,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE8B

secondary

#CAD0DC

accent

#60A83E

background

#FDFCFA

surface

#FAF8F4

border

#D3D1CE

text

#141310

muted

#83827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE8B

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

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