#B4AC9E#B4AC9E

#B4AC9E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.022 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4AC9E
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(38, 13%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(38, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 0.42, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 8.23, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% 0.0031 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.022 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7459, 41.6775, 38.2919)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4AC9E #9EA6B4

analogous

#B4A19E #B4AC9E #B1B49E

triadic

#B4AC9E #9EB4AC #AC9EB4

tetradic

#B4AC9E #9EB4A1 #9EA6B4 #B49EB1

square

#B4AC9E #9EB4A1 #9EA6B4 #B49EB1

split-complementary

#B4AC9E #9EB1B4 #A19EB4

monochromatic

#7A705E #998E7B #B4AC9E #CFCAC1 #E9E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4AC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#B4AC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4AC9E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4AC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4AC9E	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.022 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4ba',
    500: '#b4ac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ac9e;
$custom-light: #cac4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 12.791,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74716,
    "c": 0.02169,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4AC9E

secondary

#D3D6DA

accent

#69974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131211

muted

#828180

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4AC9E

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

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