#B49E96#B49E96

#B49E96 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.029 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49E96
RGB	rgb(180, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(16, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, 6.74, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 9.82, 46.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0215 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.029 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5541, 36.3600, 33.9408)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49E96 #96ACB4

analogous

#B4969D #B49E96 #B4AD96

triadic

#B49E96 #96B49E #9E96B4

tetradic

#B49E96 #9DB496 #96ACB4 #AD96B4

square

#B49E96 #9DB496 #96ACB4 #AD96B4

split-complementary

#B49E96 #96B4AD #969DB4

monochromatic

#796056 #9B7D72 #B49E96 #CEBFBA #E7E0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B49E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#B49E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49E96

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49E96	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.029 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabab4',
    500: '#b49e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49e96;
$custom-light: #cabab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7163,
    "c": 0.02853,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49E96

secondary

#CED5D8

accent

#859B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131111

muted

#828080

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49E96

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

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