Bengal

#cc974d

Soft amber gold with muted peach warmth

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About Bengal

Bengal sits between the muted earthiness of and the golden pull of , but it's denser and more grounded than either. It doesn't have 's internal glow, there's no warmth radiating outward. Instead it's a color that absorbs light, the kind of tan that reads as intentional restraint instead of dilution. You notice it stays put on the screen instead of shifting with monitor temperature.

Use it in product detail pages, real estate platforms, and food interfaces where you need a solid, trust-building anchor that won't compete with imagery. Works well as a card background, a secondary button state, or a container for rich photography where lighter tans would wash everything out. It's the quieter choice, darker and less saturated than means it recedes slightly, which makes it useful for layouts where you need hierarchy without additional contrast tricks.

Pair it with charcoal or deep neutrals and it opens up instead of closing down. On beige or warm backgrounds it can flatten, so test it live against your actual product context first. It's not the color for call-to-action buttons demanding attention, reach for for that. Bengal is the one you pick when you need something that works harder because it isn't trying to be noticed.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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2.59:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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6.83:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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