#B4AA9E#B4AA9E

#B4AA9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.020 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AA9E
RGB	rgb(180, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(33, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 1.50, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 7.62, 78.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0062 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.02 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3681, 40.9219, 38.1659)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AA9E #9EA8B4

analogous

#B49F9E #B4AA9E #B3B49E

triadic

#B4AA9E #9EB4AA #AA9EB4

tetradic

#B4AA9E #9EB49F #9EA8B4 #B49EB3

square

#B4AA9E #9EB49F #9EA8B4 #B49EB3

split-complementary

#B4AA9E #9EB3B4 #9F9EB4

monochromatic

#7A6D5E #998C7B #B4AA9E #CFC8C1 #E9E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B4AA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B4AA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AA9E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AA9E	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.020 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac3ba',
    500: '#b4aa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aa9e;
$custom-light: #cac3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.02049,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AA9E

secondary

#D3D7DA

accent

#6F974F

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AA9E

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

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