#BFB9AB#BFB9AB

#BFB9AB is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.021 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFB9AB
RGB	rgb(191, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(42, 14%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 10%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -0.33, 7.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 7.86, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0009 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.021 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1847, 48.7150, 45.4901)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFB9AB #ABB1BF

analogous

#BFAFAB #BFB9AB #BBBFAB

triadic

#BFB9AB #ABBFB9 #B9ABBF

tetradic

#BFB9AB #ABBFAF #ABB1BF #BFABBB

square

#BFB9AB #ABBFAF #ABB1BF #BFABBB

split-complementary

#BFB9AB #ABBBBF #AFABBF

monochromatic

#887E68 #A59C88 #BFB9AB #D9D6CE #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BFB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BFB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFB9AB

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFB9AB	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.021 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cec4',
    500: '#bfb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfb9ab;
$custom-light: #d2cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 13.514,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78675,
    "c": 0.02056,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFB9AB

secondary

#E0E2E6

accent

#64984E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F9F8

border

#D2D2D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFB9AB

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

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