#B4A49E#B4A49E

#B4A49E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.021 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A49E
RGB	rgb(180, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(16, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 4.77, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 7.06, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0154 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.021 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2690, 38.7235, 37.7995)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A49E #9EAEB4

analogous

#B49EA3 #B4A49E #B4AF9E

triadic

#B4A49E #9EB4A4 #A49EB4

tetradic

#B4A49E #A3B49E #9EAEB4 #AF9EB4

square

#B4A49E #A3B49E #9EAEB4 #AF9EB4

split-complementary

#B4A49E #9EB4AF #9EA3B4

monochromatic

#7A665E #99847B #B4A49E #CFC4C1 #E9E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B4A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A49E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A49E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.021 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfba',
    500: '#b4a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a49e;
$custom-light: #cabfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7307,
    "c": 0.02065,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A49E

secondary

#D3D9DA

accent

#83974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A49E

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

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