#B49C8A#B49C8A

#B49C8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.038 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49C8A
RGB	rgb(180, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(26, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 5.97, 12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 14.03, 64.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% 0.0197 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.038 59)
XYZ	xyz(35.2985, 35.3163, 28.9972)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49C8A #8AA2B4

analogous

#B48A8D #B49C8A #B4B18A

triadic

#B49C8A #8AB49C #9C8AB4

tetradic

#B49C8A #8DB48A #8AA2B4 #B18AB4

square

#B49C8A #8DB48A #8AA2B4 #B18AB4

split-complementary

#B49C8A #8AB4B1 #8A8DB4

monochromatic

#775F4C #9C7C65 #B49C8A #CCBCAF #E4DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B49C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#B49C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49C8A

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49C8A	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.038 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ac',
    500: '#b49c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49c8a;
$custom-light: #cbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.03828,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.35315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49C8A

secondary

#C5CED5

accent

#79A045

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49C8A

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

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