#B3ACA0#B3ACA0

#B3ACA0 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.019 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ACA0
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(38, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 10.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, 0.38, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 7.07, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0028 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.019 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6875, 41.6273, 39.1950)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ACA0 #A0A7B3

analogous

#B3A3A0 #B3ACA0 #B1B3A0

triadic

#B3ACA0 #A0B3AC #ACA0B3

tetradic

#B3ACA0 #A0B3A3 #A0A7B3 #B3A0B1

square

#B3ACA0 #A0B3A3 #A0A7B3 #B3A0B1

split-complementary

#B3ACA0 #A0B1B3 #A3A0B3

monochromatic

#786F60 #988E7E #B3ACA0 #CECAC2 #E9E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B3ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ACA0

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ACA0	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1ADA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.019 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c4bc',
    500: '#b3aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aca0;
$custom-light: #c9c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74684,
    "c": 0.01869,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ACA0

secondary

#D4D7DA

accent

#6A9550

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ACA0

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

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