#B4AC9C#B4AC9C

#B4AC9C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.024 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC9C
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(40, 14%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 13%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 0.08, 9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 9.25, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0023 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.024 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5752, 41.6092, 37.3926)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC9C #9CA4B4

analogous

#B4A09C #B4AC9C #B0B49C

triadic

#B4AC9C #9CB4AC #AC9CB4

tetradic

#B4AC9C #9CB4A0 #9CA4B4 #B49CB0

square

#B4AC9C #9CB4A0 #9CA4B4 #B49CB0

split-complementary

#B4AC9C #9CB0B4 #A09CB4

monochromatic

#7A705C #9A8F79 #B4AC9C #CEC9BF #E9E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4AC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#B4AC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC9C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC9C	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.024 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4b9',
    500: '#b4ac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac9c;
$custom-light: #cac4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.02422,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC9C

secondary

#D2D5DA

accent

#66984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC9C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →