#BFB59B#BFB59B

#BFB59B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.037 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB59B
RGB	rgb(191, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(43, 22%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 19%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 18.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -0.77, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 14.56, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0003 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.037 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9259, 46.4914, 37.6638)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB59B #9BA5BF

analogous

#BFA39B #BFB59B #B7BF9B

triadic

#BFB59B #9BBFB5 #B59BBF

tetradic

#BFB59B #9BBFA3 #9BA5BF #BF9BB7

square

#BFB59B #9BBFA3 #9BA5BF #BF9BB7

split-complementary

#BFB59B #9BB7BF #A39BBF

monochromatic

#887B57 #A79976 #BFB59B #D7D1C0 #EFECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BFB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BFB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB59B

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB59B	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.037 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cbb8',
    500: '#bfb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb59b;
$custom-light: #d2cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 21.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.03748,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB59B

secondary

#D5D8E0

accent

#5EA045

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB59B

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

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