#BFB8A8#BFB8A8

#BFB8A8 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.024 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A8
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(42, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 12%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -0.30, 9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 9.01, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% 0.0012 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.024 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6936, 48.1850, 43.9317)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A8 #A8AFBF

analogous

#BFACA8 #BFB8A8 #BABFA8

triadic

#BFB8A8 #A8BFB8 #B8A8BF

tetradic

#BFB8A8 #A8BFAC #A8AFBF #BFA8BA

square

#BFB8A8 #A8BFAC #A8AFBF #BFA8BA

split-complementary

#BFB8A8 #A8BABF #ACA8BF

monochromatic

#887D64 #A59B85 #BFB8A8 #D9D5CB #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A8

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A8	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.024 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdc1',
    500: '#bfb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a8;
$custom-light: #d2cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.02353,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A8

secondary

#DEE0E5

accent

#64994C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A8

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

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