#B4ACA0#B4ACA0

#B4ACA0 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.019 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4ACA0
RGB	rgb(180, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(36, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 11.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, 0.75, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 7.23, 84.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0039 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.019 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9195, 41.7469, 39.2059)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4ACA0 #A0A8B4

analogous

#B4A2A0 #B4ACA0 #B2B4A0

triadic

#B4ACA0 #A0B4AC #ACA0B4

tetradic

#B4ACA0 #A0B4A2 #A0A8B4 #B4A0B2

square

#B4ACA0 #A0B4A2 #A0A8B4 #B4A0B2

split-complementary

#B4ACA0 #A0B2B4 #A2A0B4

monochromatic

#7A6F60 #998E7E #B4ACA0 #CFCAC2 #EAE8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B4ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B4ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4ACA0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4ACA0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.019 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac4bc',
    500: '#b4aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4aca0;
$custom-light: #cac4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74769,
    "c": 0.01923,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4ACA0

secondary

#D5D7DB

accent

#6C9650

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4ACA0

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

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