#B4A494#B4A494

#B4A494 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.029 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A494
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(30, 18%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 18%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 3.13, 10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 10.87, 73.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0113 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.029 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4430, 38.3931, 33.4494)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A494 #94A4B4

analogous

#B49494 #B4A494 #B4B494

triadic

#B4A494 #94B4A4 #A494B4

tetradic

#B4A494 #94B494 #94A4B4 #B494B4

square

#B4A494 #94B494 #94A4B4 #B494B4

split-complementary

#B4A494 #94B4B4 #9494B4

monochromatic

#796755 #9B8570 #B4A494 #CDC3B8 #E6E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B4A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#B4A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A494

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A494	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.029 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabeb3',
    500: '#b4a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a494;
$custom-light: #cabeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72801,
    "c": 0.02932,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A494

secondary

#CCD2D7

accent

#739C4A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A494

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

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