#B4A596#B4A596

#B4A596 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.027 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4A596
RGB	rgb(180, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(30, 17%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 17%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, 2.90, 9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 10.17, 73.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0106 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.027 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7823, 38.8163, 34.3502)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4A596 #96A5B4

analogous

#B49696 #B4A596 #B4B496

triadic

#B4A596 #96B4A5 #A596B4

tetradic

#B4A596 #96B496 #96A5B4 #B496B4

square

#B4A596 #96B496 #96A5B4 #B496B4

split-complementary

#B4A596 #96B4B4 #9696B4

monochromatic

#796856 #9B8672 #B4A596 #CEC4BA #E7E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B4A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B4A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4A596

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4A596	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.027 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabfb4',
    500: '#b4a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4a596;
$custom-light: #cabfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.02747,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4A596

secondary

#CED3D8

accent

#739B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4A596

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

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