#BFB8A5#BFB8A5

#BFB8A5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.027 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A5
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(44, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(44, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 13.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -0.79, 10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 10.57, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0001 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.027 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4173, 48.0745, 42.4767)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A5 #A5ACBF

analogous

#BFABA5 #BFB8A5 #B9BFA5

triadic

#BFB8A5 #A5BFB8 #B8A5BF

tetradic

#BFB8A5 #A5BFAB #A5ACBF #BFA5B9

square

#BFB8A5 #A5BFAB #A5ACBF #BFA5B9

split-complementary

#BFB8A5 #A5B9BF #ABA5BF

monochromatic

#897E61 #A69C81 #BFB8A5 #D8D4C9 #F2F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BFB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#BFB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.027 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdbf',
    500: '#bfb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a5;
$custom-light: #d2cdbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78313,
    "c": 0.0274,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A5

secondary

#DCDEE4

accent

#609B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A5

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

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