#B49D8A#B49D8A

#B49D8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.038 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49D8A
RGB	rgb(180, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(27, 22%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 23%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 23.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 5.43, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 14.14, 67.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0181 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.038 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4670, 35.6533, 29.0533)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49D8A #8AA1B4

analogous

#B48A8C #B49D8A #B4B28A

triadic

#B49D8A #8AB49D #9D8AB4

tetradic

#B49D8A #8CB48A #8AA1B4 #B28AB4

square

#B49D8A #8CB48A #8AA1B4 #B28AB4

split-complementary

#B49D8A #8AB4B2 #8A8CB4

monochromatic

#77604C #9C7E65 #B49D8A #CCBCAF #E4DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B49D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#B49D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49D8A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49D8A	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49E89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.038 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb9ac',
    500: '#b49d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49d8a;
$custom-light: #cbb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71115,
    "c": 0.03828,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49D8A

secondary

#C5CED5

accent

#77A045

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F6F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49D8A

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

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