#BFB8A9#BFB8A9

#BFB8A9 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.022 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8A9
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(41, 15%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(41, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -0.13, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 8.50, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0016 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.022 86)
XYZ	xyz(45.7871, 48.2224, 44.4242)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8A9 #A9B0BF

analogous

#BFADA9 #BFB8A9 #BBBFA9

triadic

#BFB8A9 #A9BFB8 #B8A9BF

tetradic

#BFB8A9 #A9BFAD #A9B0BF #BFA9BB

square

#BFB8A9 #A9BFAD #A9B0BF #BFA9BB

split-complementary

#BFB8A9 #A9BBBF #ADA9BF

monochromatic

#887D65 #A59B86 #BFB8A9 #D9D5CC #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#BFB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8A9

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8A9	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)

#BCB7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.022 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdc2',
    500: '#bfb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8a9;
$custom-light: #d2cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 14.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78417,
    "c": 0.02226,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.48222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8A9

secondary

#DFE1E5

accent

#65994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8A9

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

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