#BFB8AD#BFB8AD

#BFB8AD is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.017 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB8AD
RGB	rgb(191, 184, 173)
HSL	hsl(37, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(37, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 9.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, 0.54, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 6.48, 85.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% 0.0032 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.017 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1684, 48.3749, 46.4322)
Luminance	0.4837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB8AD #ADB4BF

analogous

#BFAFAD #BFB8AD #BDBFAD

triadic

#BFB8AD #ADBFB8 #B8ADBF

tetradic

#BFB8AD #ADBFAF #ADB4BF #BFADBD

square

#BFB8AD #ADBFAF #ADB4BF #BFADBD

split-complementary

#BFB8AD #ADBDBF #AFADBF

monochromatic

#887C6A #A49A8B #BFB8AD #DAD6CF #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BFB8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#BFB8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB8AD

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB8AD	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 184, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.017 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cdc5',
    500: '#bfb8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb8ad;
$custom-light: #d2cdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78524,
    "c": 0.01725,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB8AD

secondary

#E2E3E6

accent

#6B964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB8AD

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

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