#B5AA8A#B5AA8A

#B5AA8A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.046 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AA8A
RGB	rgb(181, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(45, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 24%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 23.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -1.25, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 18.00, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0011 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.046 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0183, 40.4090, 29.8368)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AA8A #8A95B5

analogous

#B5948A #B5AA8A #ABB58A

triadic

#B5AA8A #8AB5AA #AA8AB5

tetradic

#B5AA8A #8AB594 #8A95B5 #B58AAB

square

#B5AA8A #8AB594 #8A95B5 #B58AAB

split-complementary

#B5AA8A #8AABB5 #948AB5

monochromatic

#786D4C #9D8F65 #B5AA8A #CDC5AF #E4E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B5AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B5AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AA8A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AA8A	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.046 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc3ac',
    500: '#b5aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5aa8a;
$custom-light: #cbc3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 22.513,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73891,
    "c": 0.04585,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AA8A

secondary

#C6CAD5

accent

#5CA145

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#131210

muted

#82817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AA8A

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

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