#BFAE99#BFAE99

#BFAE99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.035 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAE99
RGB	rgb(191, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(33, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(33, 20%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 19.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, 2.68, 13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 13.28, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0102 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.035 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3716, 43.6494, 36.3239)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAE99 #99AABF

analogous

#BF9B99 #BFAE99 #BDBF99

triadic

#BFAE99 #99BFAE #AE99BF

tetradic

#BFAE99 #99BF9B #99AABF #BF99BD

square

#BFAE99 #99BF9B #99AABF #BF99BD

split-complementary

#BFAE99 #99BDBF #9B99BF

monochromatic

#887155 #A79073 #BFAE99 #D7CCBF #EEEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BFAE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BFAE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAE99

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAE99	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.035 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c6b7',
    500: '#bfae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfae99;
$custom-light: #d2c6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.158,
    "s": 22.892,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.03515,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAE99

secondary

#D4D9E0

accent

#6EA144

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAE99

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

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